Mandrake 9.0 Wireless Works without encryption.. does not with encryption
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Mandrake 9.0 Wireless Works without encryption.. does not with encryption
hi.
I just managed to set up my linksys wpc11 pc card on mandrake 9.0.
It works fine when WEP is disabled.
But when i enable WEP, it does not work.
Here are the settings i used for the client card while enabling WEP .
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Automatic IP (dhcp) checked.
WIRELESS_MODE: Auto
WIRELESS_ESSID: Linksys
WIRELESS_NWID:6
WIRELESS_FREQ:
WIRELESS_SENS:
WIRELESS_RATE:
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY:UHDNDOWMOM032879JDW9073
WIRELESS_FRAG:
WIRELESS_IWCONFIG:
WIRELESS_IWSPY
WIRELESS_IWPRIV
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the only thing that changes while disabling WEP is the enc key.
any ideas what configuration i am missing?
Do i have to state that its 128 Bit encryption somewherE? if yes, then where?
thanks
I have the same problem with that card and encryption on my Slackware 9.0 distro. When running 'iwconfig' as root, I would at first see the settings, including encryption.
Then, at some point, I would lose the connection (not to mention it was very slow to begin with). Then I would run 'iwconfig' again, and looky-looky, all the settings were gone.
Perhaps its something with the Linksys?
The only solution I've had is to turn off encryption.
TopCat , where exactly are you setting these settings. I am a Mandrake 9.1 newbie, and have a linksys card WPC11 as well. I got the card drivers working ( 2 beeps from config file on bootup) but I need to know wherre to load my access point parameters for the card. I need help locating where and how you added the following :
=================================
Automatic IP (dhcp) checked.
WIRELESS_MODE: Auto
WIRELESS_ESSID: Linksys
WIRELESS_NWID:6
WIRELESS_FREQ:
WIRELESS_SENS:
WIRELESS_RATE:
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY:UHDNDOWMOM032879JDW9073
WIRELESS_FRAG:
WIRELESS_IWCONFIG:
WIRELESS_IWSPY
WIRELESS_IWPRIV
=================================
as I do not have a clue as to where this goes.
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