Jeff, all,

That's odd... I am told the local WLAN does not use any encryption,
i.e., WEP, so I don't even want to use it. In fact, that's what seems to
work under Windows XP. As I understand the instructions in YaST, setting
the Authentication Mode "Open" should be fine then. Setting Key Input
Type doesn't doing anything, i.e., setting it to Hex with empty
Encryption Key and clicking "Next", brings up a warning, "Using no
encryption is a security risk. Really continue?", I say "Yes" and "Next"
and restart the YaST Network Config, it's back to "Passphrase".

Starl8gazer


> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:37:27 -0800
> From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us>
>
> starl8gazer_remove_@yahoo.com hath wroth:
>
> >What's going on here?
>
> Second try. You are apparently using WEP. If so, please use the Hex
> key, not the ASCII key. There are at least 3 different idiotic
> methods various manufacturers have elected to convert ASCII keys to
> Hex keys. They are mutually incompatible. Hex always works. If you
> want to know exactly how it (doesn't work), see the Perl code at:
> http://www.wigle.net/jigle/wep.pl
>