web encryption problem

bruno_123 · 12-22-2003, 02:05 AM

I have just recently got my wireless card to work. The first time that it was configured, the web encrytption was ok and it got online. The second time, i had to turn off the encrytption at the router just to get online. Why won't it take the password and what can I do about it?

TheOneKEA · 12-22-2003, 05:49 AM

What kind of wireless card is it? What distro do you have? How did you configure the card?

(BTW, it's WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy. Soon to be replaced with 802.11i).

bruno_123 · 12-22-2003, 12:13 PM

I have a Blitzz BWP6211 card. I am using Fedora Core 1. I configured the card like this:
iwconfig eth0 essid "Wireless"
iwconfig eth0 enc on
iwconfig eth0 key s: password.

I also added a ifcfg_eth0 in /etc/sysconfig/network_scripts and it looked like this:
DEVICE=eth0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
PEERDNS=yes
ONBOOT=no

The very first time that I set this up, the password worked fine. Once the second, third, etc. I have to remove the WEB from the router to get an ip.

2Gnu · 12-22-2003, 12:56 PM

In your ifcfg_eth0 file, add a line for the WEP key:
KEY=abcde1234567 ...
26 hexadecimal digits for 128 bit encryption to match the one being used at the router. That way, your WEP key will be set at boot.

beyer42 · 12-23-2003, 04:20 PM

here is ifcfg settings that work for me

GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
DEVICE=wlan0
MTU=""
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
IPADDR=""
NETWORK=""
onBOOT=yes
MODE=Managed
ESSID=myessid
CHANNEL=6
KEY="restricted [1] 8675309BEE"

You would change wlan0 to eth0, and ESSID and KEY specifics.