RE: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network)

[John Frankish <j-frankish@slb.com>]

> On 07/10/2010 12:49 AM, John Frankish wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just installed NetworkManager and started to use it with
> > wired/wireless connections.
> >
> > Things work fine with the wired connection, but although
> > NetworkManager displays several available wireless networks, it will
> > not connect.
> >
> > The problem is that when I select the available network to join,
> > NetworkManager diplays a dialogue "Wireless Network Authentication
> > Required" and requests a "WEP 128-bit Passphrase". Entering the "128
> > bits 26 hex digits" code for my router does not work, I believe I need
> > to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key", but when I select this, the "Connect"
> > button is greyed out and I cannot enter the code.
> >
> > Any ideas whey trying to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key" is not possible
> > with NetworkManager?
> 
> John,
> 
> According to the IEEE, WEP-40 and WEP-104 "have been deprecated as
> they fail to meet their security goals".
> 
> You should instead use WPA2-AES or, if that is not possible, WPA2-PSK.
> 
> --
Thanks for the suggestion, but my old router does not support either of these
encryption formats