Re: Cannot get wireless connection on Fedora 5

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 20:30 +0100, John Lagrue wrote:
> I have been using NM on Fedora since it first came out, but since I
> upgraded to Fedora Core 5 I cannor use it to connect to my wireless
> network.
> 
> When I log in it asks for the WEP key (whereas it always knew it in
> the past!), and when I select WEP 40/Hex and type in my hex key - it
> refuses to connect. 
> 
> If I stop NM and issue these iw config commands , then it always
> works.
> 
>                  /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid <my essid>
>                  /sbin/ifup wlan0
> 
> Any suggestions?

Can you post the contents of your /var/log/messages where NetworkManager
logs it's actions?  That should help debugging.  Also, what wireless
card and driver are you using?

Dan