Re: Old-style network configuration vs. NetworkManager in FC 4

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 09:24 -0400, Charles Lesh wrote:
> Hey all:
> 
> I am running FC 4.
> 
> At home I have a linksys router with wireless, and I do not have WEP
> enabled.  NetworkManager detects the network, and connects without
> problem.
> 
> At work I have the same (model) linksys router, with a 64-bit WEP key.
>  Try as I might, I cannot get NetworkManager to connect.  It detects
> the network, but after typing in the hex key I never seem to negotiate
> a connections.
> 
> Incidentally, configuring my wireless card the 'old way', using the FC
> network configuration GUI and supplying the same hex key, works fine.
> 
> So I disactivate the card in the old-style network configuration gui,
> re-enable NetworkManager, it find my wireless network, I try to
> connect, I give it the hex key, and no love at all.
> 
> I may have typed the key incorrectly the first time I tried to
> connect.  Is this stored somewhere in a file that can be 'reset' or
> deleted?

I'm seeing a pattern here with 64-bit WEP, seems lots of people can't
connect.  Is there any way you can switch to 128-bit WEP at work, or is
that out of the question?

Dan