REPOST: Wireless encryption that works on both Windows and FC3

[Josh Coffman]

--- Tarek Aly <tarekmnabil at gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tarek Aly <tarekmnabil at gmail.com>
> Date: Jan 3, 2006 6:49 PM
> Subject: Wireless encryption that works on both
> Windows and FC3
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm a complete newbie and I've been trying to get my
> wireless network up and
> running on FC3 (after I gave up on FC4 I had to
> downgrade).
> 
> I reached the point where I could connect to my AP
> when encryption is
> disabled. When enabling encryption, the only way I
> can connect is when I use
> a 64 bit key (WEP 64) (I have to mention here that
> I'm surprised there's no
> way from the GUI to specify the encryption mode).
> 
> Now my problem is, Windows only allows, AFAIK,
> another encryption mode which
> uses ASCII keys and does not have the 64 bit key
> scheme as an option.
> 
> So, currently, whenever I switch from Windows to
> Linux, I have to connect
> through a network cable to my AP to re-configure
> encryption. Is there a way
> around this problem?
> 
> Every help is appreciated.
> 

I've got wep-128 working under fc4 using ndiswrapper
on my laptop. I have a windows partition on the same
laptop which also has no problems with the same
wep-128 configuration. 

What sort of change do you have to make on the AP to
get it to work? It also might help to know what
hardware is involved. 

I don't know about FC3, but NetworkManager is a nice
applet if your runnning gnome. 

Shin zen ni rei
-j
Registered Linux user number 403109
  http://counter.li.org/
  



		
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