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Re: wireless.opts and Encryption



For the record,  the problem was I did not activate the configure
settings indeed.  (read the first half of wireless.opts)

On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 08:41:55AM -0500, Jack wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Success with these:
> 	
>   .  no encryption.  settings in wireless.opts just work fine.
>   .  with encryption.  after plug-in the card,  manually do "iwconfig
>      eth1 key 0102030405",  then the link is up.
> 
> Failure:
> 
>   .  with encryption.  KEY="0102-0304-05" (or KEY="0102030405") in
>      wireless.opts does not work.  no luck with KEY="s:ascii" ascii
>      passphrase either.  In each case I can bring the link up by set the
>      key manually.
> 
> Tech info:
>  
>   .  Debian's pcmcia-cs package installed.  (I'm on unstable branch.)
>   .  pcmcia modules come from 2.4.18 kernel.  orinoco_cs.o is used.
>   .  AP (linksys wap11),  pcmcia card (Orinoco silver)
> 
> I've looked into /etc/pcmcia/wireless,  looks fine to me.  if $KEY is
> defined,  it should run iwconfig to configure the KEY.
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jack
> 
> 
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