Re: Ad hoc WEP connection



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Jon Escombe wrote:
> 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?

This has happened to me in the past. What exactly IS passphrase? I've
never seen anything that uses it, and it's the default choice (and
sounds right if you don't bother to expand the list box).

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