Re: NM repeatedly asking for WEP key

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 13:10 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Marc Herbert wrote:
> 
> >> I seem to recall that someone gave a minimal wpa_supplicant config file
> >> which might be required if using WEP?
> > 
> > # When NOT using NetworkManager, this works for me:
> > network={
> > ssid="static-wep-test"
> > key_mgmt=NONE
> > wep_key0="abcde"
> > }
> 
> Thanks, but the network service works perfectly for me
> in place of NM.
> As I said, NM keeps asking for the WEP key.

What kind of WEP key is it?  There are 3 types; hexadecimal, ASCII, and
passphrase.  It could be that you're choosing the wrong type in NM.  How
long is the WEP key you're using, and does it have any non-hexadecimal
characters in it (ie anything not [A-F] or [0-9]) ?

Dan