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JerryI
March 13th, 2009, 02:28 PM
Installing Hardy and cannot access network 2wire411 although the computer "sees" several networks in the vicinity including the target network. wep key 0360663701 is rejected. The wep key works from XP on this dual-boot computer and from Intrepid or Vista on another dual-boot computer and from XP on a third computer attached to the same network. The following may provide a hint, but is beyond my level of expertise.

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jerry@laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig
[sudo] password for jerry:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"zd1211"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=48/100 Signal level=41/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

jerry@laptop:~$

jerry@laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"zd1211"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=71/100 Signal level=40/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

jerry@laptop:~$ sudo iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:A4:1C:BD:B1
ESSID:"2WIRE411"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=100/100
Extra: Last beacon: 348ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:95:87:6D:B1
ESSID:"2WIRE675"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=100/100
Extra: Last beacon: 240ms ago
Cell 03 - Address: 00:1D:7E:C5:69:8B
ESSID:"supreme"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=11/100
Extra: Last beacon: 280ms ago

jerry@laptop:~$ sudo dhclient eth1
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:1e:37:f6:cc:c4
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:1e:37:f6:cc:c4
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
jerry@laptop:~$