Re: Ad hoc WEP connection

[Jon Escombe <lists dresco co uk>]

Patton Echols wrote:
> I pointed network manager at the AP, it asked for the WEP pass-phrase, 
> which I gave, no "connection".  The network monitor icons seemed to show 
> signal being exchanged, and showed signal strength, but the no actual 
> communication was going on.  Am I missing something?  Do I have to 
> configure WPA-Supplicant for each WEP I want to access too? 

Hi - there's three ways of entering a WEP key for NM to use - 
pass-phrase, ASCII, or HEX. It's possible that the AP was expecting 
ACSII rather than pass-phrase?

Regards,
Jon.