wireless vpn - linksys wrt54gx router, linksys wmp54g pci wireless card

[Guest]

Hi All,
I've been going insane trying to get my computer to connect to my network.

My setup is as follows:
Router: WRT54GX v1.02.14
NIC: WMP54G

Router settings (1):
ssid - homenet
WPA-shared key
wpa 1.0 and 2.0 enabled
encryption - tkip
key: 12345678 - for testing purposes.
key renewal - 900sec

Router settings (2):
ssid - homenet
WEP128
encryption - open
key: 12345678 - for testing purposes.

I have tried everything to get this to work, I know my setup of my drivers are fine on my computer, as I can connect to my friends network using wep64 on a linksys router.

In kubuntu when I look at knetworkmanager I can see my network, and when trying to connect it only allows me to select wpa-personal or wep128, etc...

However when I try to connect, it comes up cannot connect to homenet.

I have tried changing the settings in /etc/network/interfaces to setup the details of my network manually, still no luck.

I have also tested my connection by using no security, i.e. open network, however still no luck.

All help is soooo greatfully appreciated as I am trying to leave micro-hell!

Cheers,
Miike

[wernerbrandt]

Re: wireless vpn - linksys wrt54gx router, linksys wmp54g pci wireless card

all I can say to this;

12345678 is not a 'wep' 128bits key; should be 13 hex (26 ascii) digits long...

[Guest]

Re: wireless vpn - linksys wrt54gx router, linksys wmp54g pci wireless card

nice catch, i use that for security purposes posting on public forums, an example of a wep key i use is:

ABCDEF1234567ABCDEF1234567

any ideas on what to do,
it's strange how i can connect to my mates linksys router using kubuntu 7.10, but mine has issues.

...would wicd help