ipw3945 & WEP

[Dan Williams]

On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 15:01 -0400, clockwork at sigsys.org wrote:
> So nobody can offer any assistance with this ?
> 
> On 9/28/06, clockwork at sigsys.org <clockwork at sigsys.org> wrote:
>         So I am using ipw3945, which works great for non-encrypted
>         networks, and works great for my wpa2 network. However when I
>         try to use static WEP I dont associate with the AP. The light
>         on my thinkpad goes ape (blinking hyper-fast) then goes solid
>         for a few seconds, then hyper again. The repeats non-stop. The
>         first question I have is if my config is ok or not: 
>         
>         network={ 
>                 ssid="work" 
>                 key_mgmt=NONE 
>                 wep_key0=$hexversionofkey 

Do you actually put a $ here, and is that legal?  I've never done that;
just put the hex string there without a $ and it should work.

Dan

>                 priority=5 
>                 wep_tx_keyidx=0 
>                 auth_alg=SHARED 
>         } 
>         network={ 
>                 ssid="home" 
>                 proto=WPA2 
>                 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK 
>                 priority=5 
>                 psk=$wpakey 
>                 pairwise=CCMP 
>                 group=CCMP 
>         } 
>         
>         The second question would be if anyone has this working or
>         not ? What kernel modules are required (besides ipw3945) I
>         have ieee80211_crypt_wep ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt_ccmp
>         loaded. 
>         
>         Applicable versions:
>         ieee80211 1.1.13
>         wpa_supplicant 0.5.4
>         ipw3945 1.1.0
>         
>         Thanks for any help
> 
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