CentOS - Aug 2006 - Wifi WEP / Cisco aironet wireless internal card 802.11b

Hi,

I have a IBM ThinkPat T30 a Cisco Aironet wireless internal in the
laptop 802.11b only.

It works great with open Acess points, but when i try to connect to
encripted ones.

I got the dialog box asking for the passphrase 128 bit, I enter it and
after that i receive the dialog box again!

Maybe my card do not support WEP or I am doing something wrong?

Here is part of what i can see on /var/log/messages

thanks!
Guillermo Garron


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Aug  9 20:25:43 t30 NetworkManager: FORCE: device
'/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1', network
'DIPLOMAT'
Aug  9 20:25:43 t30 kernel: bridge-eth1: is a Wireless Adapter
Aug  9 20:25:45 t30 kernel: Setting key 0
Aug  9 20:25:46 t30 kernel: bridge-eth1: is a Wireless Adapter
Aug  9 20:25:48 t30 NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device = (null)
Aug  9 20:25:48 t30 NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wireless device = eth1  ()
Aug  9 20:25:48 t30 NetworkManager:     SWITCH: need to associate with
new access point
Aug  9 20:25:48 t30 NetworkManager: nm_state_modification_monitor():
beginning activation for device 'eth1'
Aug  9 20:25:48 t30 NetworkManager: nm_device_wireless_activate(eth1)
using essid 'NETGEAR'
Aug  9 20:25:48 t30 kernel: bridge-eth1: is a Wireless Adapter
Aug  9 20:25:50 t30 NetworkManager: HAVELINK: act=1 && (dev_crypt=0
<prev_crypt=0)
Aug  9 20:25:50 t30 dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Aug  9 20:25:50 t30 dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Aug  9 20:25:50 t30 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Aug  9 20:25:52 t30 NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device = (null)
Aug  9 20:25:52 t30 NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wireless device = eth1  (NETGEAR)
Aug  9 20:25:53 t30 NetworkManager: FORCE: device
'/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1', network
'DIPLOMAT'
Aug  9 20:25:54 t30 kernel: bridge-eth1: is a Wireless Adapter
Aug  9 20:25:56 t30 kernel: Setting key 0
Aug  9 20:25:56 t30 kernel: bridge-eth1: is a Wireless Adapter
Aug  9 20:25:58 t30 NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device = (null)
Aug  9 20:25:58 t30 NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wireless device = eth1  ()
Aug  9 20:25:58 t30 NetworkManager:     SWITCH: need to associate with
new access point
Aug  9 20:25:59 t30 NetworkManager: nm_state_modification_monitor():
beginning activation for device 'eth1'
Aug  9 20:25:59 t30 NetworkManager: nm_device_wireless_activate(eth1)
using essid 'NETGEAR'

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On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 05:25:57PM -0400, Guillermo Garron
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a IBM ThinkPat T30 a Cisco Aironet wireless internal in the
> laptop 802.11b only.
> 
> It works great with open Acess points, but when i try to connect to
> encripted ones.
> 
> I got the dialog box asking for the passphrase 128 bit, I enter it and
> after that i receive the dialog box again!
> 
> Maybe my card do not support WEP or I am doing something wrong?
Your wifi card is supposed to support WEP. However, make sure that
is what you are using, cause it won't support WPA.

As a side note, I have noticed some WEP incompatibility between
different manufacturers when using WEP keys longer than 54 bits.
That also might be your problem.

> Here is part of what i can see on /var/log/messages
You might want to check if the driver has any debug options.

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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