Weird iwl3945 wireless problem

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 18:07 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> One other thing - if I remember right, the default setup asks for 
> the 128 bit key as ASCII, or hex. (Start with 0x for hex.) It does 
> not want the pass phrase itself. There is a selection where you can 
> give it the pass phrase, and it will generate the hex or ASCII key. 
> I don't remember exactly how to access it - I am not on my laptop, 
> and it has not had to do it for a while.

That's not correct for NM, though it is for system-config-network and
friends.  In NM, there's a pulldown selector and you can choose (I
think--can't check right now) passphrase, ascii key or hex key.  The hex
key does not start with 0x.

> 
> Mikkel
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