[Voyage-linux] Prism2.5 WEP Client

[Jan Hetges]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 06:19:18PM -0500, Edwin Whitelaw wrote: 
>> i have a wrap-board running voyage-0.4.1 (linux-2.6.20-486-voyage)
>> with two senao 2511mp-plus, prism2.5 based.
>> one in adhoc mode for local meshing, and one in managed mode on
>> a 30Km link to the "Upstream-WISP".
>> I didn't have too much trouble connencting to that in normal managed
>> mode (with hostap driver). But he likes hidden ssid and wep encryption... 
>> so i tried with hostap and with/without wpasupplicant (hostap and wext).
>> as the hostap documentation suggests client mode might be better
>> supported with other drivers, i tried hermes/orinoco, as well
>> with/without wpasupplicant... but no luck yet.
>> any experiences with linux-wlan-ng for that? ...i'll try that next.
>> any suggestions, help, hints greatly apreciated.
>
> If all you want is simple WEP for the 2611, you should be able to add the 
> following to your interface setup in /etc/network/interfaces.
yes, it *should*... ;-)
>
> wireless-key s:1234567890123 (or whatever 13 character ASCII key matches 
> the other end.  If you use the hex format, remove the "s:")
the key is 10 characters (and looks like hex), so i assume 40/64 bit hex
but no luck yet
it might be more a problem of the hidden essid.

thanks

  --Jan

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