RedHat 9 and 128bit WEP encryption

[suntzu]

I have a Linksys 2.4ghz Wireless router/access point. I am running redhat 9 kernel version 2.4.20.9 on my toshiba satellite pro 6100 notebook. My wireless lan card works fine until I enable 128bit wep encryption. Then I can't get any signal, and it timeouts when I try to activate "eth1" (which is my wifi card). If I disable wep it works without a hitch........WTF?

I did notice in the /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts file that all the key entries were in hex. My router only allows hex when using 64bit encryption.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

[suntzu]

Well, I fixed it so we can close this topic. But since it's open does anyone know how to configure a SD card reader to work in Redhat?

[mr.dan]

why don't you go ahead and post your fix for future reference if anyone ever needs it

[suntzu]

I Honestly don't know how, I just kept switching different settings like manged to auto, the channel, manually entering the essid and all of a sudden it worked.

But then the bad news.......I formatted and reinstalled and forgot to log what the settings were :(

Back to the drawing board.

Lesson Learned, but at least we know it does work!!!

[Aes]

I'm still trying to get my 802.11 b card to work under linux. Anyone had any success that can give some tips or useful sites or anything? I'm not finding much help with documentation and the like. :-\

-Colin

[suntzu]

http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/