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From: John Frankish on 10 Jul 2010 02:00
Hi,

I just installed NetworkManager and started to use it with wired/wireless connections.

Things work fine with the wired connection, but although NetworkManager displays several available wireless networks, it will not connect.

The problem is that when I select the available network to join, NetworkManager diplays a dialogue "Wireless Network Authentication Required" and requests a "WEP 128-bit Passphrase". Entering the "128 bits 26 hex digits" code for my router does not work, I believe I need to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key", but when I select this, the "Connect" button is greyed out and I cannot enter the code.

Any ideas whey trying to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key" is not possible with NetworkManager?

Regards
John

Using debian testing
NetworkManager 0.8
Gnome Desktop 2.30.0
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter


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From: Camaleón on 10 Jul 2010 12:40
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:49:41 +0200, John Frankish wrote:

> I just installed NetworkManager and started to use it with
> wired/wireless connections.
>
> Things work fine with the wired connection, but although NetworkManager
> displays several available wireless networks, it will not connect.
>
> The problem is that when I select the available network to join,
> NetworkManager diplays a dialogue "Wireless Network Authentication
> Required" and requests a "WEP 128-bit Passphrase". Entering the "128
> bits 26 hex digits" code for my router does not work, I believe I need
> to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key", but when I select this, the "Connect"
> button is greyed out and I cannot enter the code.
>
> Any ideas whey trying to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key" is not possible
> with NetworkManager?

Mmm, try by right-clicking on NM icon and select "Edit connections", then
go to the "Wireless" tab and try to add it from here.

Greetings,

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From: John Frankish on 11 Jul 2010 00:20

> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:49:41 +0200, John Frankish wrote:
>
> > I just installed NetworkManager and started to use it with
> > wired/wireless connections.
> >
> > Things work fine with the wired connection, but although
> > NetworkManager displays several available wireless networks, it will not connect.
> >
> > The problem is that when I select the available network to join,
> > NetworkManager diplays a dialogue "Wireless Network Authentication
> > Required" and requests a "WEP 128-bit Passphrase". Entering the "128
> > bits 26 hex digits" code for my router does not work, I believe I
> > need to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key", but when I select this, the
> > "Connect" button is greyed out and I cannot enter the code.
> >
> > Any ideas whey trying to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key" is not possible
> > with NetworkManager?
>
> Mmm, try by right-clicking on NM icon and select "Edit connections",
> then go to the "Wireless" tab and try to add it from here.
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
Thanks for the suggestion - I'd already tried that with the same result - i.e.
that as soon as I select "WEP 40/128-bit Key", the "apply"/"OK" button becomes
greyed out.

Note that this works on the same machine booted in tinycorelinux:

# iwconfig eth1 essid "ssid"
# iwconfig eth1 key restricted 12:34:56:78:9A:BC:DE:F1:23:45:67:89:AB
# udhcpc -b -i eth1

From: Camaleón on 11 Jul 2010 07:00
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:09:37 +0200, John Frankish wrote:

>> Mmm, try by right-clicking on NM icon and select "Edit connections",
>> then go to the "Wireless" tab and try to add it from here.
>>
> Thanks for the suggestion - I'd already tried that with the same result
> - i.e. that as soon as I select "WEP 40/128-bit Key", the "apply"/"OK"
> button becomes greyed out.

(...)

Mmm, then I dunno :-?

As soon as you select a "WEP 40/128-bit" from the dropdown menu and type
a password with the right length, the "apply" button has to become
clickeable.

Anyway, you can also try with another wifi setup utility, such "wicd".

Greetings,

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From: John on 11 Jul 2010 07:50
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:49 AM, John Frankish <j-frankish(a)slb.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed NetworkManager and started to use it with wired/wireless connections.
>
> Things work fine with the wired connection, but although NetworkManager displays several available wireless networks, it will not connect.
>
> The problem is that when I select the available network to join, NetworkManager diplays a dialogue "Wireless Network Authentication Required" and requests a "WEP 128-bit Passphrase". Entering the "128 bits 26 hex digits" code for my router does not work, I believe I need to enter a "WEP 40/128-bit Key", but when I select this, the "Connect" button is greyed out and I cannot enter the code.
>

I don't use NetworkManager so forgive me if this is dumb. Is there a
separate text entry box for Passphrase, and if so are you leaving it
blank and entering your Hex Password in an entry text box for 128bit
key?

John


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