wep

[dmizer]

I'm using Knoppix 3.8 on a Compaq Armada E500.
I have a Netgear MA401 Wireless B PCMCIA card with a Prism I chipset.
My access point is a Linksys WAP54G

It connects flawlessly to open networks, and I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to go online with Knoppix live.

However, it's a whole other story when attempting to connect to WEP enabled networks.

I've used KWiFiManager's GUI to turn on encryption but when I do "iwconfig" it shows "Encryption key:off"

The KWiFiManager Interface GUI also indicates that encryption is off.

kwifimangerrc shows:
active crypto key=1
Crypto mode=OPEN
Infrastructure=true
Key 1=$$$$$$$
Key 1 is string=true
Key 2=
Key 2 is string=false
Key 3=
Key 3 is string=false
Key 4=
Key 4 is string=false
Network Name=$$$$$$
PM enabled=false
Packets=BOTH
Script Name=
Sleep time=0
Speed=AUTO
Use cryptography=true
Wake time=0

What am I missing?

[AlexK]

try this in command line:

iwconfig interface_name key xxxxxxxxxxx

replace xxxxxxxxx with the actual wep key in hexadecimal format.

[dmizer]

Thank you kindly. Works perfectly now.