wep key??

[S. Bandyopadhyay]

On 1:35pm Jan 3, 2005, Jim wrote

[snip]

> 
> -- if you could, please post later when you do get a chance to get
> infront of your notebook
> 
> in my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts   there is a file keys-my network
> device name
> i've looked at this file and it is the wep key i use in my router. in
> the ifcfg-network device i don't see it used  if it is not supposed to
> be there then thanks ok,  then how and where is the keys-my device
> file get called or used so that the connection can be made to the AP?
> 
> Have a nice day :)
> 
> James Lawrence
> Rochester NY
> 
> 

i use an AP with WPA (netgear wgt624 + wg511T) and madwifi
drivers and wpa_supplicant works great for me (tho' i only
get 54Mbps and not the "Super G" 108Mbps). 

but i believe wpa_supplicant can do WEP as well (or at least
this web page suggests:

http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/auto_connect.shtml