--- In [email protected], "Ram Juvvadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, I missed out a step in between: > After 'iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxxxxx' > do this : [giving the key] > 'iwconfig wlan0 key xxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > > > Oh and another thing.... I just noticed that you are giving > 0x1111111111 as the key. That means that is hex code. Try dropping > '0x' in front of it. I could be wrong but just try it. > > On 8/2/07, Ram Juvvadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My mistake. You are right it got wrapped and I didn't notice it. > > > > let me expatiate (I had to look it up in the dictionary ... so let me > > use it :P).. > > > > My first doubt is : > > If you are disabling essid you are able to log in, that means > > (provided WEP key in inet1.conf is correct) your inet1.conf is not > > executable. You have to manually change the permissions. Did you? > > > > Secondly, if it is executable there is mistake somewhere else, which > > we have to figure out: > > > > Try doing this manually: > > > > # iwconfig wlan0 > > > > # iwconfig wlan0 essid RT2561_6 > > > > and if it has DHCP enabled: > > #dhclient wlan0 > > or else setup IP address manually. >
Hey, it works now. I am able to connect to the net and iwconfig shows the WEP key for wlan0. Thanks a lot friend. :-) PS: Is there a way I can test whether encryption is actually on?
