[ltp] WEP

[olusola omosebi]

thanks, problem solved.


>From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
>Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>Subject: Re: [ltp] WEP
>Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 15:12:39 -0400
>
>On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 01:42:41AM -0400, olusola omosebi wrote:
> > If I enable WEP on the Acess Point (and configure it) I will be unable
> > connect to the AP.  As soon as I disable all WEP settings everything 
>works
> > fine!?  If anyone knows why this is happening and/or has a fix for this
> > please let me know.
>
>If you enable WEP on the access point, you have to enable WEP on the
>client as well.  How you do that precisely varies on the driver, but
>most Linux wireless devices use the Linux wireless extenions, which
>means that the iwconfig tool will work.  See the iwconfig man page for
>more details.
>
>A notable exception to this is the mini-PCI Cisco Aironet driver,
>which uses the mpi350 driver.  It does *not* support the standard
>Linux wireless tools interface, which means you have to use the Cisco
>propietary GUI tools in order to set the WEP information on the
>client.
>
>						- Ted
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