Re: Problem with wep encryption

Thanks for your help.
The problem is solved but it had indeed to do with the configuration of 
my accesspoint. It has different security modes but their description 
did not say something about different treatment with the encryption. I 
do not realy know why, but it works.

Jeff Byrkit wrote:
> I spent a few hours trying to get my ma101 to work with redhat 2.4.20. I
> could not get any data to flow, and if I put the ma101 on my xp notebook it
> worked fine. If I turned off encryption, it worked perfectly. After beating
> my head against the wall for a few more hours, I finally realized that it
> was the "attached devices" on my netgear ap that I had set to only allow
> certain mac addresses on the network. But the device was in there, and if I
> used it on winders, it worked great. I removed the ma101 from the access
> control list and voila, it worked with wep on. Then I added it back into the
> list and now everything is cool. When I turned off encryption, I guess it
> also turned off the access control list or something.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atmel-wlan-usb-bounces-ikZNBd7uB5wQUIZIPwn63sWURRETrGNnG9Ur7JDdleE@public.gmane.org
> [mailto:atmel-wlan-usb-bounces-ikZNBd7uB5wQUIZIPwn63sWURRETrGNnG9Ur7JDdleE@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of
> Sebastian Thelen
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:42 PM
> To: atmel-wlan-usb
> Subject: [Atmel-WLAN-USB] Problem with wep encryption
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have got a 3com OfficeConnect (3CRSHPW196) pcmcia card with atmel 
> chipset and I use the kernel included drivers by Simon Kelley (kernel 
> 2.6.5) on a gentoo system.
> As long as I do not use wep encryption everything works as it should but 
>   with enabled encryption I do not get any connection to my accesspoint 
> (it is a d-link dwl2000+).
> iwconfig displays the right key and even shows the mac adress of my ap 
> but I get no signal level or link quality and there won't be any 
> traffic. Iwconfig does further not show any packet statistics like 
> invalid crypt or anything else just ifconfig gives the number of faild 
> packages.
> The pcmcia card is ok (at least it works on windows clients with 
> encryption).
> 
> May it be any problem with the driver or has anybody got an idea what it 
> could be? I have allready searched the web a bit but I did not get any 
> helpfull information until now.
> 
> I would be pleased for your help, Sebastian
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