No wireless with WEP key

[gimgol]

The Setup:
Laptop with FC3 (fully patched)
D-Link DI-624 Access Point
D-Link DWL-650G Card
ndiswrapper with latest drivers from D-Link

Everything is installed and working and I can connect through the access point but only if I disable WEP on the access point. Otherwise I get the "Cable unplugged" response. Turn off WEP, the card connects. Turn on WEP, the card drops and will not reconnect.

I have tried tacking a '0x' in front of the key.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[WillyB]

I'm not familiar with D-Link butI managed to do this with a Telewell access point.

Convert your key to 64-bit hexadecimal with your access point and then write the same characters as your laptops key with 0x: 0xABCDEFGHIJ (where ABCDEFGHIJ is your key). Save and boot. After booting use terminal and command iwconfig. Your key should look like ABCD-EFGH-IJ. You should also check that security mode is OPEN on both ypur laptop and your access point. Hope this helps.

[gimgol]

Thanks for the response.

OPEN on both ypur laptop and your access point. Hope this helps.
I was wondering about setting it to OPEN. But that is not an option in the drop down on the network configuration GUI. I am assuming that I can put that in the config file? Or use:

iwconfig wlan0 key open

or even?

iwconfig wlan0 key 0xABCDEFGHIJ open

[mjman]

If you're using system-config-network, and you want to enter an open key, enter this for encryption key:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx open

that will make it open.

[gimgol]

Alright. Got it working.

I used a combination of ifconfig and iwconfig make sure that I had the settings between the AP and the card in synch.

mjman was correct. In system-config-network you can add 'open' at the end of the key and it will accept it.

Thanks folks.