Alvin Austin wrote... AA> Mandrake 9.0 RC2 (and several earlier versions also) AA> detect the SMC2632W PCMCIA card and set it up nicely. AA> I can get it to talk to the access point easily if AA> (and only if) I do not set any encryption key in the AA> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth1 config file. AA> AA> The moment I try to enter a key (and of course set the AA> corresponding key on the AP, it is unable to associate.
Alvin, I'm not using WEP myself but I'm pretty sure the default wvlan_cs driver doesn't support it. (Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong...) I think you may have to use prism2_cs to get WEP working. Only problem is that drakconnect doesn't understand prism2_cs, last I checked. prism2_cs is in the Mandrake kernel, but you need some toys to get it to actually run. You can build them with this SRPM, which is based on 9b4: http://users.erols.com/peromsik/prism2-utils-0.1.14-1mdk.src.rpm Then look in the included README file for details (from the linux-wlan-ng project) on how to set it up by hand. I'd like to make it work with drakconnect but on the other hand it's about time I got some sleep. For testing prism2_cs you'll want to replace wvlan_cs with prism2_cs in /etc/pcmcia/config just after "Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter". If all that sounds like too much work, you could also try again with orinoco_cs as described in a recent posting. Just replace wvlan_cs with orinoco_cs in /etc/pcmcia/config and run drakconnect. I'm not sure whether orinoco_cs supports WEP, though. Good luck... -- Aaron Peromsik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----[For thinner oatmeal, add more water.]
