Re: Unable to join open WEP wireless network

[Edmond <edmonddantes%gmx.us@localhost>]

Hi Xianwen Chen, 

> An open WEP network is a network that > does not require
> password or key.

I'm quite sure a Open-Key WEP connection is different from a Open Network (unprotected), since a Open WEP, despite not requesting authentication (as opposed to Shared-Key WEP), still holds a hexadecimal WEP key, which is required for data encryption after connection. If your network is truly Open WEP, then in my experience, wpa_supplicant needs that key in order to successfully attach to the network. So , in addition to what Scole Mail said, if you happened to find out you need a WEP key for real, you could make use of a similar configuration in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:


network={ 
ssid="xxxxx" 
key_mgmt=NONE 
wep_key0=$hex_key #(10 characters)
wep_tx_keyidx=0 
priority=x
}

For Shared-Key WEP, simply add :

auth_alg=SHARED

And then try connecting:

wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

You can also avoid using wpa_supplicant at all:


ifconfig $interface ssid xxxxxx nwkey $wep_key



Best whishes

On 1 February 2018 22:34:48 CET, "Xianwen Chen (陈贤文)" <xianwen.chen%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

Dear Dave,
Thank you. An open WEP network is a network that does not require
password or key.
Sincerely,
Xianwen

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 6:34 PM, David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost> wrote:
 On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 11:25:21AM +0000, Chen, Xianwen (陈贤文) wrote:
 Dear NetBSD users,

 I am having trouble connecting NetBSD to an open WEP wireless network,
 called "ks-guest". Because my Android mobile phone is able to connect
 to "ks-guest", the network is functioning.

 What do you mean by an "open WEP" network?  Seems like any WEP network
 should have a key, but you're not configuring the interface with any
 key.

 Dave

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