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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:43 am    Post subject: intel centrino (ipw2100) and WEP Reply with quote

i have a sony vaio pcg-tr2a centrino laptop. ipw2100 emerged fine, and i have the following modules set to load on boot (and they do, cleanly):
Code:
ipw2100
hostap
hostap_pci
hostap_pcx
hostap_crypt_wep
hostap_crypt_ccmp
hostap_crypt_tkip
hostap_cs
ieee80211
ieee80211_crypt
ieee80211_crypt_wep
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp
ieee80211_crypt_tkip


i can connect normally and with ease to unencrypted networks as follows,
Code:

iwconfig eth2 mode Managed essid <foo>;
ifconfig eth2 up;
dhcpcd eth2;


however, when i try to connect to a wepped network, by modifying the iwconfig line to be
Code:

iwconfig eth2 mode Managed essid <foo> key <HEXKEY>


the result is that dhcpcd times out and no connection is established.

why is this happening? my kernel is properly configured for wireless, because if it wasn't, i couldn't connect. hostap and assorted other modules load properly on boot, so that shouldn't be an issue.

The only thing i can come up with is that dhcpcd requires some obscure options, but man dhcpcd doesn't give me any that are helpful... so i'm pretty much at a standstill.

any suggestions?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

please try
Code:

iwconfig eth2 key open <HEXKEY>

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:27 pm    Post subject: .. Reply with quote

alright, tried that. still no joy.
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