In article <20010703150456.A13765@vulture>,
Paul Chakravarti <pc000@passtheaardvark.com> wrote:
>I am having some problems getting WEP working on my wireless card - the
>card works fine unencrypted but idnt able to connect with encryption
>turned on -
>
>The card is a Linksys Instant Wireless 802.11 card -
>
>wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: Instant Wireless ,  Network PC CARD, Version 01.02,
>  port 0x400-0x43fwi0: 802.11 address 00:03:2f:01:50:64
>
>When I bring this up in non-encrypted mode it connects with no problem 
>
>[root:latimer] /root # ifconfig wi0 down
>[root:latimer] /root # wiconfig wi0 -n froghill_w -e 0 
>[root:latimer] /root # ifconfig wi0 up
>[root:latimer] /root # ping 192.168.123.254                   

don't use weconfig, jusr use:

    ifconfig wi0 nwid froghill_w nwkey 0xaaaaaaaaa