NM repeatedly asking for WEP key

[Timothy Murphy <gayleard eircom net>]

I'm trying to get NM working on a Fedora-12 machine
which I don't often use.
(It is n my grand-daughter's room, and she runs Windows.)

NM keeps asking me for the WEP key.
I am using an old Avaya PCI-to-PCMCIA card.

The network service works fine,
if I just change
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 to
NM_CONTROLLED=no
stop the NetworkManager service, start the network service
and say "sudo ifconfig eth1 up".

Also "sudo iwlist scan" works fine.

Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.

Here are:
1. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 
2. the output of "sudo iwlist scan" 
3. some relevant exerpts from /var/log/messages

-----------------------------------
# Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller
DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=00:02:2D:4A:52:80
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
TYPE=Wireless
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
ESSID=dd-wrt
CHANNEL=
MODE=Managed
RATE=auto
-----------------------------------
eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:B6:DA:56:B4
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=27/70  Signal level=-83 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"dd-wrt"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000001552db6fd3c
                    Extra: Last beacon: 203ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000664642D777274
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0105
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0105
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD06001018020100
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:1E:5A:FD:8C:80
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=23/70  Signal level=-87 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"eircom7731 1332"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000024e53fb79
                    Extra: Last beacon: 252ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000F656972636F6D373733312031333332
                    IE: Unknown: 010582848B960C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0106
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
-----------------------------------
kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 7.28
kernel: orinoco_cs 0.0: firmware: requesting agere_sta_fw.bin
...
NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
NetworkManager: Loaded plugin ifcfg-rh: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To 
report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager: <info>  Found wlan radio killswitch rfkill0 (at 
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0d.0/0.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0) (driver 
<unknown>)
NetworkManager: <info>  WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state 
file
NetworkManager: <info>  WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state 
file
...
NetworkManager:    ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo 
... 
NetworkManager:    ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-
eth1 ... 
...
NetworkManager:    ifcfg-rh:     read connection 'System dd-wrt (eth1)'
...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 
'orinoco_cs')
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): exported as 
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): now managed
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): bringing up device.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): preparing device.
kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): deactivating device (reason: 2).
NetworkManager: supplicant_interface_acquire: assertion `mgr_state == 
NM_SUPPLICANT_MANAGER_STATE_IDLE' failed
...
NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant manager state:  down -> idle
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant interface state:  starting -> 
ready
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) starting connection 'System dd-wrt 
(eth1)'
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
started...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
complete.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
starting...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): connection 'System dd-
wrt (eth1)' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'dd-wrt'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'wep_key0' value '<omitted>'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'wep_tx_keyidx' value '0'
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
complete.
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> 
disconnected
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -
> associating
kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't support manual roaming
...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  associating -> 
disconnected
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -
> scanning
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> 
associating
kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't support manual roaming
NetworkManager: <info>  eth1: link timed out.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  associating -> 
disconnected
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -
> scanning
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> 
associating
kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't support manual roaming
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too 
long.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): asking for new secrets
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
started...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 6 -> 4 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
complete.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
starting...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): connection 'System dd-
wrt (eth1)' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'dd-wrt'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'wep_key0' value '<omitted>'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'wep_tx_keyidx' value '0'
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
complete.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  associating -> 
disconnected
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -
> associating
kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't support manual roaming
...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  associating -> 
disconnected
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -
> scanning
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> 
associating
kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't support manual roaming
NetworkManager: <info>  eth1: link timed out.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  associating -> 
disconnected
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -
> scanning
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> 
associating
kernel: eth1: Lucent/Agere firmware doesn't support manual roaming
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too 
long.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): asking for new secrets
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
started...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 6 -> 4 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
complete.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) 
starting...
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
-----------------------------------
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Timothy Murphy  
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland