list@lpgc.net wrote:
2.- I have 3CRDAG675 PCI WiFi network adapter that YAST recognises. I set it up without encryption and it works ok, but when i try to set it up as it should be, with encryption, things dont work. The info as shown in the AP is:
SSID: cmp1 Channel: 6 SSID Broadcast: Disabled Security Mode: WEP WEP Encryption: 64 bits 10 hex digit Default transmit key: 1 Passphease: notthisone key 1: B02C84841C AP MAC: 00:00:00:00:00:00 (not real)
whats the correct way to set it up using encryption? Is there a way to force a connect to a different AP (cmd2...)?
Okay, I *think* I know what might be causing your WEP problem: it's that "passphrase" setting. WEP encryption is standard across all brands of Wifi gear, but *generating a key* from a passphrase isn't. So, assuming I understand your information correctly, it looks like your AP has been set up to create a WEP key from the phrase 'notthisone'. The hex key is 'B02C8481C' -- which you should probably change, btw, now that you've made it public. What you need to do is make sure that the hex key matches on both ends. In YAST, when you type in the key, select the little button for "hexadecimal" and type in what your AP shows as "key 1". This should match up both unit's WEP keys to match each other. You'll probably see that both your AP and your card have settings for "passphrase." What that does is generate a hex key from whatever you type in, but even if you type in the same phrase on both ends, YAST probably generates the hex key using a different algorithm than your AP does. So you need to make sure that the 'raw' hex key matches on both ends. Hope this helps. As far as the other: the commands you want to study are iwconfig and iwlist. They both operate with a lot of options. You'll want to read up on them. They're very useful, but I have encountered some problems with them, in that my YAST settings seem to periodically overwrite settings I set with iwconfig and iwlist. So far, when I want to change between my home network and a public hotspot, I have to go into my YAST settings, change my encryption, and reboot. There's been quite a bit of mail going around on this list just in the past couple weeks concerning my (and others') problems with this -- checking the archives might help you. It's been suggested that I install a program called wificonfig, which is supposed to help manage multiple wifi connections, but I haven't got around to it yet (maybe this week...).