[GLLUG] WEP Encryption Woes

[Paul R. Kucher]

I have been running a wireless network for a few months now, however I 
cannot get Linux to work with WEP. The Internet works great on my laptop 
with the Netgear card I have, but wide open to crackers. I have been really 
happy with the card, and it even came with Linux drivers, which isn't even 
the main problem. (BTW: WEP works great in M$ Windoze) I am running Mandrake 
8.2 and have been using Draknet to do the configuration. I try punching in 
my 128-bit key into the proper text box, but it just causes my card to not 
link up. Does anyone know how I can get WEP working? I have consulted every 
page on wireless networking with Linux on the Net it seems with little luck. 
I am using the wavelan_cs driver, perhaps that's my problem. However, I 
can't seem to find the orinoco_cs driver on my system. Any thoughts please 
let me know so I can secure my network.

Sincerely,

Paul Kucher