I have a wireless network at home that uses 64-bit key but SUSE 11.0 does not have it in the dropdown list. It has 128-bit key.
Does any know how to connect to the wireless network with 64-bit wireless key.
Thx
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WEP is not secure and 64-bit WEP is really a joke. You should be on, at
least, 128-bit or, better yet, use WPA2.
Good luck.
lxuser30 wrote:
| I have a wireless network at home that uses 64-bit key but SUSE 11.0
| does not have it in the dropdown list. It has 128-bit key.
| Does any know how to connect to the wireless network with 64-bit
| wireless key.
|
| Thx
|
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Thank u for your reply!
Here is the key that was given to me by my room-mate.
18012DF972
She says it is wep 64-bit. It works on my phone so it must be right. But SUSE does not have option to enter this.
just use the 128bit selection. it should work.
Andy
Thanks Andy,
I think you’re probably right. The reason I am not able to connect is because of different reason. I have the broadcom43xx chipset which SUSE does not support by default. Before this I was so much used to Ubuntu where it detected automatically when I enable the restricted drivers.
I will do some research on it and get back to the forum if I face any problems.
i have the bcm 43xx chip-set as well, i used larry finger’s script to install the bcm firmware & off it went.connections no problem,mind you i use wpa-psk & mac address filtering on my network
Andy
Do you have a link to Larry Finger’s Page by any chance.
Also my laptop is 64-bit (Dell Vostro 1000, AMD64).
Thx
no idea of his page,but, he has posted a few times, run this in a console & see what happens
**sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware **
that’s his script
Andy
lxuser30 wrote:
> Thanks Andy,
>
> I think you’re probably right. The reason I am not able to connect is
> because of different reason. I have the broadcom43xx chipset which SUSE
> does not support by default. Before this I was so much used to Ubuntu
> where it detected automatically when I enable the restricted drivers.
The b43 driver is NOT restricted and it is supported. The problem is
that Broadcom will not allow the distribution of their copyrighted
firmware. To get the firmware installed, you need to download the
appropriate Broadcom driver (which is for a MIPS-based Linux), extract
the firmware from that driver, and put it in the correct directory.
That is EXACTLY what Ubuntu does. What you should do is open a
console window and enter the following command:
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
That script will do what is needed.
Larry
Great! It works. I just put the command in the terminal and rebooted. Thx very much Larry.
If there is any one out there using vostro 1000 then all you have to do is-
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
cool, glad you got it sorted,now enjoy 
Andy
deltaflyer44 wrote:
> no idea of his page,but, he has posted a few times, run this in a
> console & see what happens
>
> SUDO /USR/SBIN/INSTALL_BCM43XX_FIRMWARE
> that’s his script
That is openSUSE’s script, but do it in lowercase!!!
Larry
Thanks Andy!
methinks that nntp put it in upper-case, i only typed it in bold at least the OP got it working which is good enough
Andy
(I have the same problem for 64bit key)
Unreasonable!! I have 3 notebooks at home and all are in different OS, which all equipped with wireless lan card. That means if I use Opensuse 11, I have to config the wireless setting among the router to all notebooks…
may be i have to give up suse…
did you try any of the recommendations in the posts ? what problems/errors are you getting ? please post the errors/problems here & we will see what we can do
Andy
Hi Andy,
I have checked through the recommendation and end-up success!!
:):)
I used “128 bit” field with “64 bit” key, it worked. I think the problem is each time after my input, the Open/shared key field is reset, and I didn’t select the right “channel” for the connection.
Thanks for your comment.
Cool, Glad you got it working, now enjoy
Andy
I am on OpenSUSE 11.1 with BCM4318 chipset. My card is detected and working because KDE3 Network Manager displays my AP SSID. However I am not able to connect using 64-BIT HEX key (yes, I know it is not secure or safe but I cannot change it). I tried using 128-BIT but it still would not connect.
Can anyone please tell me step-by-step how to setup 64-BIT WEP HEX key using Network Manager or YAST
Thank you all.