[PLUG] Ubuntu, Intel 2915 Wireless and WEP

donkyhotay donkyhotay at verizon.net
Mon Apr 28 13:42:37 UTC 2008


Did you try switching between passcode/hex/ascii mode?

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m0gely wrote:
> I have a need to use the weak 128bit WEP encryption on one of my 
> networks. I installed Ubuntu 8.04 from scratch on my laptop which dual 
> boots XP and can't get it to connect to this network. If I have any 
> other level of encryption enabled on this particular AP, or none at all, 
> the laptop connects just fine. Ubuntu's wireless manager sees the 
> network, and the encryption level. It just asks for the WEP key over and 
> over and doesn't connect. XP on the same laptop does connect via WEP. 
> 8.04 appears to use the latest Intel ipw2200 driver from the sourceforge 
> website. Trying to connect to the AP via the command line doesn't help. 
> Is there a known issue here I missed the memo on?
>
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