mystified Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 I had set up WEP on my laptop and it was working, then it stopped then I got it working again and now it's not working AGAIN. I'm getting this message at shutdown shutting down wlan0, ndiswrapper (add_wep_key:711) - adding encryption key 1 failed C0010015 I've double checked my encryption key and it's correct. Suggestions before I switch distros? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Is your hex key 10 or 26 characters in length? The 26 character length hex key indicates 128 bit encryption and that can give problems with ndiswrapper with some drivers; it's just not as well supported depending on the version of ndiswrapper and the driver you are using. The 10 character length key indicates 64 bit encryption(also referred to as 40 bit encryption by some vendors) and generally works better and is well supported with ndiswrapper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted May 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Yes it's set to 128 bit encryption. I'll try switching to 64 bit and see if that helps. Thanks! Edit: Nope, didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 How did you get it working when it failed? Did you reboot and all was OK, or did you have to reconfigure the system? Did you use wizards to reconfigure, or command-line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted May 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 I reconfigured and rebooted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Can you estabolish a connection without any encryption enabled? If not, it may be a configuration issue having nothing to do with your encryption key. Also, post what wireless nic you are using, which distro, the version of ndiswrapper and the windows driver you are using. If you are running windows, I assume you have confirmed that you can connect OK under windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Ok, no connection without encryption. But I'm no longer getting the ndiswrapper error when I shut down. My Nic is a Broadcom BCM438 (Air Force one 54g) 802.11g Wireless Lan controller. The version of ndiswrapper is 1.2.3mdk. I'm using Mandriva 2006 (which seems to be buggy btw). BCMWL5A is my windows driver and yes I can connect in Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Do you have "ndiswrapper" in your /etc/modprobe.preload? I've always found I needed to add this to get it to work correctly after a reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Have you tried removing the mandriva ndiswrapper and replacing it with the latest source version? There seems to have been quite a few problems with the mandriva version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted May 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 I just wanted to say thanks guys. I tried what was suggested with no luck. So I'm going to give Ubuntu a shot and see if it works better. If not I'm back to square one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 OK, keep us posted..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Ok, forget Ubuntu. Forget wireless. I'm now using cable plugged directly into the lappy (it sits on top of my desk anyway) so I can deal with it. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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