NetworkManager: A User's Review

[Charles Curley]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 09:49:26PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 April 2006 20:00, Charles Curley wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 06:01:00PM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >> I asked about wireless support in this list a couple of days ago and
> >> people pointed me at NetworkManager.  It was not running on my


> >
> >This sounds suspiciouly like my experience until now. What I just
> >discovered is that NM does not like or play with 64 bit WEP keys. You
> >must use 128 bit WEP keys. You might check your AP for the size of the
> >keys.
> 
> Mine are all 128 bit, it simply ignores them.

OK, here's a really wierd, off the wall, warped suggestion, worth
every penny you're paying for it. Try changing them to 64 bit.

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