Hey, I'm having some trouble getting my Wioreless card to speak to my access point with WEP encryption enabled. I'm running a default 7.1 install with the wireless-tools installed. According to the stations on the access point manager, the card is connected, but I can't get the card to get an ip, or even to talk to other machines on the network. I've tried iwconfig wvlan0 key s:passwd , but this seems not to help much. I can use the card with-out WEP if I turn the encryption off, but that's not what I want to do at the current moment. The Access Point is the Linksys WAP11, and the card is WPC11, and both work fine under Windows with 128 bit WEP, but the card doesn't work with WEP under linux. Anyhelp is greatly appreciated. -Phillip Beal
Check dejanews/google. Many people had trouble with the linksys AP and linux. We tried to make it work and finally sent the linksys back for a netgear. eric Phillip Beal wrote:
Hey,
I'm having some trouble getting my Wioreless card to speak to my access point with WEP encryption enabled. I'm running a default 7.1 install with the wireless-tools installed. According to the stations on the access point manager, the card is connected, but I can't get the card to get an ip, or even to talk to other machines on the network. I've tried iwconfig wvlan0 key s:passwd , but this seems not to help much. I can use the card with-out WEP if I turn the encryption off, but that's not what I want to do at the current moment. The Access Point is the Linksys WAP11, and the card is WPC11, and both work fine under Windows with 128 bit WEP, but the card doesn't work with WEP under linux.
Anyhelp is greatly appreciated.
-Phillip Beal
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On Monday 27 August 2001 15:47, Phillip Beal wrote:
Hey,
I'm having some trouble getting my Wireless card to speak to my access point with WEP encryption enabled. I'm running a default 7.1 install with [snip] I want to do at the current moment. The Access Point is the Linksys WAP11, and the card is WPC11, and both work fine under Windows with 128 bit WEP, but the card doesn't work with WEP under linux.
Anyhelp is greatly appreciated.
-Phillip Beal
Hi, Try setting up the Linux card to use 40-bit (64-bit) WEP - the WAP11 is 40-bit WEP only (unless they have improved them recently). Check the LinkSys site for new firmware, too. Also, search for "airsnort" on a seach engine :) John
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 07:31:09PM -0700, John Pinder wrote:
On Monday 27 August 2001 15:47, Phillip Beal wrote:
Hey,
I'm having some trouble getting my Wireless card to speak to my access point with WEP encryption enabled. I'm running a default 7.1 install with [snip] I want to do at the current moment. The Access Point is the Linksys WAP11, and the card is WPC11, and both work fine under Windows with 128 bit WEP, but the card doesn't work with WEP under linux.
Anyhelp is greatly appreciated.
-Phillip Beal
Hi,
Try setting up the Linux card to use 40-bit (64-bit) WEP - the WAP11 is 40-bit WEP only (unless they have improved them recently). Check the LinkSys site for new firmware, too.
It doesn't work with either 40 or 128. and the newest firmware for the WAP does support 128 bit.
Also, search for "airsnort" on a seach engine :)
Yeah, I know about airsnort, but have had major problems even getting it to compile, and I'm sure there is a "real" way of figuring out the key, instead of cracking what is running. -- Phillip Beal pdbeal01@louisville.edu
WEP is useless. Period. Don't even bother. Use IPSec and have a gateway enforce it. Kurt
It doesn't work with either 40 or 128. and the newest firmware for the WAP does support 128 bit.
Also, search for "airsnort" on a seach engine :)
Yeah, I know about airsnort, but have had major problems even getting it to compile, and I'm sure there is a "real" way of figuring out the key, instead of cracking what is running.
-- Phillip Beal pdbeal01@louisville.edu
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 10:10:31AM -0600, Kurt Seifried wrote:
WEP is useless. Period. Don't even bother. Use IPSec and have a gateway enforce it.
I know it isn't anysort of encryption. I've set it up, so that not just anyone walking by my house with a laptop can use my internet connection. I know it can be broken, and I know is sucks, but I didn't ask for your opinion, I asked for some information of how to make Linux talk to a Wireless Access Point that uses WEP. -- Phillip Beal SuSE Linux Expert pdbeal01@speedacm.org
On Tuesday 28 August 2001 10:18, Phillip Beal wrote:
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 10:10:31AM -0600, Kurt Seifried wrote:
WEP is useless. Period. Don't even bother. Use IPSec and have a gateway enforce it.
I know it isn't anysort of encryption. I've set it up, so that not just anyone walking by my house with a laptop can use my internet connection. I know it can be broken, and I know is sucks, but I didn't ask for your opinion, I asked for some information of how to make Linux talk to a Wireless Access Point that uses WEP.
Hi, This *might* help: http://www.goonda.org/wireless/prism2/ http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.... http://www.linux-wlan.org (check out their mailing lists too) Best of luck :) John PS - IPSec is a Good Idea (TM) :P
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