FC4 + ndiswrapper 1.5 + WEP (hex)

[James Pifer]

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 15:16 +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Thursday 17 November 2005 12:43 pm, James Pifer wrote:
> [snip]
> > >
> > > wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"me.mydomain.com"
> > >           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point:
> > > 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > >           Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm
> > >           RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
> > >           Encryption key:ABC7-0457-3455-5704-5736-626D-EF  
> > > Security mode:restricted
> > >           Power Management:off
> [snip]
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> >
> > <bump>
> 
> James
> 
> are you setting the key *after* the essid?  Try setting it first.
> Also, do you get an error messagw from
> 
> iwconfig ath0 key off
> 
> Also, what does iwconfig wlan0 show afterwards, and have you tried 
> resetting the essid?

Well, right now I'm using the Network applet, so the order in not in my
control. When I was doing it manually I was setting the key before the
essid. I'll play around with the order of it manually and see if that
makes a difference.

James