Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] WEP problems with Dell 1350 (Broadcom 4306)

[Jonathan B. <be...@gm...>]

On 4/18/05, Christian <chr...@ch...> wrote:
> First, just wanted to say 'Thank You' in advance to any and all that can =
help.
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> I'm having a problem getting WEP enabled on my Fedora 3 (2.6.11 kernel)
> installation.  ndiswrapper 1.1 installed fine and if I don't have WEP ena=
bled I
> connect to my Linksys WRT54GS with no problems.  With WEP disabled, the
> following are my 'iwconfig' and 'iwlist' outputs:
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> # iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"christian"  Nickname:"laptop.christianl.or=
g"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:0F:66:A1:01=
:73
>           Bit Rate=3D54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm
>           RTS thr=3D2347 B   Fragment thr=3D2346 B
>           Encryption key:off
[snip]
> But, anytime I try to enable a WEP key (by using either '# iwconfig wlan0=
 key
> <key>' or '# iwconfig wlan0 key restricted <key>' or by using the network=
 config
> UI) I can't get the ESSID to 'stick' in iwconfig.  It keeps showing 'off/=
any'
> and I can't get a connection to the AP.  I've looked through the ndiswrap=
per
> site at sourceforge and no one else using my driver/NIC/config seems to h=
ave WEP
> problems.  Some users even reported getting WPA to work by using wpa_supp=
licant
> (my kernel crashes when I try it).
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> Any ideas?

Hi Christian,

How is the router setup?  I could assume that you enable WEP between
your two steps, but you don't explicitly state that.  Can you connect
with the AP from another computer (or from windows if you happen to
dual boot) with WEP enabled?
The ESSID will only show up once you card has associated with the AP,
so your problem is with associating, not just setting the ESSID.  You
might want to try:
# iwconfig wlan0 key open <key>
instead of restricted and see if that allows you to connect.  That
seems to be the one configuration that you haven't tried.  Note that
the default is restricted (at least on my computer).

Jonathan