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  • From: Fred Stutzman <fred AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: Cristobal M Palmer <cmpalmer AT email.unc.edu>
  • Cc: unclug AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [unclug] WEP
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:19:12 -0500 (EST)

Silly question, but I've got to ask it. You're running this as superuser,
right?

Thanks,
Fred

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Cristobal M Palmer wrote:

> I'm running Debian GNU/Linux (testing/Sarge), and I can't for the life of
> me figure out how to get WEP working.
>
> My dad has an Apple Airport 802.11b network that my compie ("Socrates")
> talks to nicely, and the folks in the apartment immediately above me are
> nice enough to allow me access to their Linksys WAP, so I'm left
> scratching my head as to why
>
> # iwconfig eth1 essid "UNC-1"
> # iwconfig eth1 key XXXX-XXXX-XX restricted
> # iwconfig eth1 key on
> # ifup eth1
>
> fails so miserably here on campus.
>
> When I did the above, I got an error message that kept posting ERROR
> -16:issuing command blah blah blah
>
> and wouldn't go away with ^z.
>
> :-/
>
> I'm hoping there's someone who kept reading after "Debian GNU/Linux"
>
> :-P
>
> Maybe somebody can help?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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