I made a change to my interfaces file and it didn't help much. Here
is the current output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/daniel# cat /etc/network/interfaces
--snip--
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid ASD
wireless-key s:<the ascii key>
--snip--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/daniel# iwconfig eth1
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:<the ascii key> Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/daniel# iwconfig eth1 essid "ASD" key s:<the ascii key>
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
--Note-- if I take out the "s:" and use a hex key there are no errors
-Daniel
On 1/18/07, Richard Scott McNew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
try as root:
iwconfig eth1 essid "ASD" key <the key>
make sure that if your key is in ASCII, that you put s: before it
On 1/18/07, Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can see the desired access point. I know the key. I can not
> connect. I use System -> Administration -> Networking to change the
> wireless settings and it doesn't help.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# iwlist eth1 scan
> eth1 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:7C:5A:14:00
> ESSID:"ASD"
> Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
> Mode:Managed
> Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
> Quality:0/100 Signal level:-80 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
> Encryption key:on
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
> 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Extra:bcn_int=100
> Extra:atim=0
> IE: WPA Version 1
> Group Cipher : WEP-104
> Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP WEP-104
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>
> --snip--
>
> Cell 04 - Address: 00:14:7C:59:EA:80
> ESSID:"ASD"
> Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
> Mode:Managed
> Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
> Quality:0/100 Signal level:-80 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
> Encryption key:on
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
> 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Extra:bcn_int=100
> Extra:atim=0
> IE: WPA Version 1
> Group Cipher : WEP-104
> Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP WEP-104
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> --snip--
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# iwconfig eth1
> eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
> RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> I have tried to get this to work for months on Fedora Core 5 now
> Ubuntu Edgy. I am using the ndiswrapper if that makes any difference.
> I have read tutorial after tutorial without success. Can someone
> please help me?
>
> -Daniel
>
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