Re: wpa_supplicant and WEP....

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 09/30/05

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    Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:05:41 -0700
To: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>

    On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 03:36:31PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote:
    > James Snow wrote:
    > >On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 09:56:21AM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote:
    > >
    > >>I have gotten wpa_supplicant to work fine for WPA-PSK and open sites...
    > >>but I would like it to work with WEP as well. it appears to associate
    > >>with a WEP site no matter what WEP key I give it. But whether the key
    > >>is correct or not... I can not get a response from my DHCP server.
    > >>
    > >>My wpa_supplicant entry:
    > >
    > >...
    > >
    > >> wep_tx_keyidx=0
    > >
    > >
    > >I would try dropping this line. I use wpa_supplicant to connect to a
    > >number of different wireless networks and for the WEP-only ones I've
    > >never needed anything more than:
    > >
    > >ssid=...
    > >key_mgmt=NONE
    > >wep_key0=...
    > >
    >
    > Still no go. The wep_key0 is the clear text passphrase, correct? Not
    > one of the encrypted keys? right?

    The entry in the example file shows both hex and ascii keys. No
    excryption of keys is supported by standard WEP so if your AP is doing
    something like that you need to get the hex key it's using from it.

    Have you been able to connect by hand (not using wpa_supplicant)? If
    not, do that first.

    -- Brooks 

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