Hi,

I installed SuSE 9.3 Pro on my thinkpad with a D-link DWL-g650 (atheros). I installed madwifi via yast. I am able to connect via wifi, but not if I want to use WEP 64 or 128. I tried three different AP's.
I configure it like this:

ifconfig ath0 down
iwconfig ath0 essid <name> key open <bbbbbbbbbb> channel <11> mode <managed>
ifconfig ath0 up <IPaddress>

when I type iwconfig I see the MAC of the AP. In the AP menu I can see the MAC of the D-link PCMCIA as being associated.

But I cannot ping anything and DHCP doesn't work either.
Without the WEP key everything works fine, also DHCP.

Also Kismet works O.K.

Does anyone has an idea?

Thx a lot ! ! !


Chris

P.S.: With live distros like Whax and Security Auditor --> same prob

try it without the 'open' bit and see how you go

Hi, thx for the reply!
But I allready tried this. --> Same prob :-(

Thx anyway....

How exactly are you entering the key? Is it a number or a string, if it's not a hex number then you need to do "iwconfig ath0 key s:blah" (for key "blah"). Also does another computer work with the ap?

Ooooopppssss

I found out that the AP used key 3 and my Laptop was configured key 1 :-)
Hehe
So it works now! ! !
Thx for the reply