Re: Trying to connect to WEP network, NetworkManager dies

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 14:21 -0400, Jim Shepherd wrote:
> I am trying to connect to our campus wireless network without success.
> I click on "Create to Other Wireless Network", enter in the SSID, select
> "Connect with encryption enabled" and Hex key, then enter the Hex key
> provided by the system administrator.  At this point the nm-applet shows
> that it is "Attempting to join the wireless network 'GTwireless'" for
> awhile.  A new dialog appears "Passphrase Required by Wireless Network".
> I enter the Hex Key again, then the nm-applet immediately disappears and
> the following lines are entered into the /var/log/messages:
> 
> NetworkManager: <WARNING>   (): nm_device_get_frequency(): error getting
> frequency for device eth1.  errno = 22
> NetworkManager: nm_ap_set_auth_method: assertion 'ap != NULL' failed
> NetworkManager: nm_ap_get_auth_method: assertion 'ap != NULL' failed
> 
> At this point the NetworkManager is dead and must be restarted.
> 
> Please let me know what other information I can provide to help figure
> out why this isn't working.

Is this a 40-bit (64-bit) WEP key, or a 104-bit (128-bit)?

Also, I'm assuming you mean "Connect to other wireless network", not
"Create"... :)

Dan