On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 17:32 -0200, Amadeu Júnior wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008 2:58 PM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 12:18 -0200, Amadeu Júnior wrote: > > > When I try to use the nm-applet to fill the pass with "shared keys" > > > option the NetworkManager try: > > > > What password type are you choosing from the dropdown menu? > > I had choosed "WEP 128-bit passphrase" :) > > >You should be using "WEP 40/128-bit ASCII", I believe, given the > wep_key0 option > > you've shown from your wpa_supplicant config file. Using the "" for > > that option in the wpa_supplicant config indicates that you are using an > > ASCII passphrase, not a normal WEP passphrase. > > ohhh ok !! You are right, I have trying and it works :) Sorry for my mistake > :)
No problem; WEP just sucks because there are 3 different ways to enter WEP keys (hex, passphrase, and ascii) and two different auth methods (open and shared) and there is _no_ way to distinguish any of them from each other. WPA fixes this because you can actually distinguish a WPA hex key from a WPA passphrase, if entered correctly (WPA hex keys are 64 characters, passphrases are between 8 and 63 characters inclusive). The problem with WEP is that you can certainly have a passphrase that's the same lenth as a hex key (26 characters), and I've seen many cases where people are actually using a hex key as a WEP passphrase. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
