WEP key not getting set via ifup-wireless on FC6

[fpiergen]

I am trying to set up wireless connection automatically via "service network start". Everything except the key gets set properly on the device. I have set up all the config scripts and keys. I have also verified via strace that the the command " iwconfig wlan0 key <hex key> " gets executed but when I do execute " iwlist wlan0" the key is set ot off. This causes dhclient to hang as it cannot acquire an address. If i manually set the key in another shell while dhclient is still running it acquires address fine. Is it a permission thing? Does anyone have any ideas or have an example of a set of config files that works on their system?

Thanks
Fabio

[trivial2k]

I modify /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 to start my wireless card after much failure.

Here is my content of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0

#DHCP client
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=Yes
HWADDR=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
TYPE=Wireless
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
ESSID=XXXXX
IWCONFIG="key XXXXX"
CHANNEL=X
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto

I use IWCONFIG="key XXXXX" to set a IWCONFIG key command instead of using "KEY=XXXXX"
KEY=XXXXX doesn't work on my FC8. Don't know why.

When you edit your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Save it.

In the terminal
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifup wlan0

If everything is okay, you should get your DHCP IP address.

[fpiergen]

I tried it and it still does not set the KEY.

[nyjetshead]

Try adding
NM_CONTROLLED=no

Edit:
Also do you have wpa_supplicant starting on boot?

[fpiergen]

No wpa_supplicant is not running. I tried adding NM_CONTROLLED but still does not work. It is strange b/c I verified that " iwconfig key <key> gets run via strace but something else must be turning it off as the key is set to off when I check the status via iwconfig wlan0 while dhclient is trying to acquire address.

thanks for your response.

[nyjetshead]

Take iwconfig key out.

Go to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-wlan0
Set the key in hex here.

[fpiergen]

Thank you for your suggestion but that was my original method that did not work. Again, I confirmed that it gets set but something else in the network-scripts unsets it. I am not sure what.

[nyjetshead]

Have you tried to set this up via sysconfig.
System>Administration>Network.?

Edit: Also check System>Administration>Services
See that Network is set to start on boot.

[fpiergen]

ok I found what it was but I do not feel comfortable doing it.

Using strace I found that the ifup-wireless gets called at some point and in that script the command
iwconfig dev key <key> gets issued
After a few other commands the command
iwconfig essid any
gets issued
This command ends up turning the key off .
I commented out that line and it works now. I am sure that the line I commented out is probably needed but since it works now I will leave it that way.

I am surprised that no one else is experiencing this problem. Is this a bug? A driver problem? I am not sure but if anyone has any info on when the iwconfig essid any is needed please let me know.

Thanks for all the replies up to this point.

[nyjetshead]

My F8 script is a bit different, are you setting the essid?
The line below wont or "shouldn't" get executed if you did
This is what you commented out correct?

else
    # use any essid
    iwconfig $DEVICE essid any >/dev/null 2>&1