My WEP password has 5 characters which nm-applet doesn't accept

[Tom London]

On 9/30/07, Yuan Yijun <bbbush.yuan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My wifi uses WEP and the password is like this "C1111". I can select
> the network in the nm-applet list, but in the following dialog that
> prompts for password, the OK button is grey for password of that
> length. That button turns available if I entered 10 characters or
> something around 30, I don't know.
>
> Could anyone help me?  Thanks! I am running the latest rawhide.
>
The issue is that the current Rawhide nm-applet only accepts hex keys,
 not passphrases yet.

If you enter the appropriate hex digits, the OK button is 'active'.

tom
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Tom London