[driverloader] WEP does not work on my Intel 2200BG

"Stefan Bröcheler" sbr2 at gmx.de
Mon Apr 5 17:55:31 EDT 2004


Hi,

I use driverloader 1.6.4 successfully on my sony Z1 notbook with  Intel
Pro/Wireless 2200BG   WLAN under SuSE 9.0. However it only works *without* WEP
encryption. I would be very happy if you could help me to get WEP up and
running.

Whenever I set the WEP key via iwconfig, e.g.

iwconfig wlan0 essid broecheler.de channel 6 mode Managed rate 11M key
0123456789

then I find error events in /var/log/warn

Apr  5 17:28:23 linux kernel: driverloader: ndisSetInformation:
802_11_ADD_KEY st=FAILURE W=0 N=0
Apr  5 17:28:23 linux kernel: wlan0: Error -5 configuring keys
Apr  5 17:28:25 linux kernel: driverloader:
ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc_stk: PCI-0000:02:0b.0-8086:4220-8086:2753 hung, resetting
Apr  5 17:28:25 linux kernel: driverloader: ndisSetInformation:
802_11_ADD_KEY st=FAILURE W=0 N=0
Apr  5 17:28:25 linux kernel: wlan0: Error -5 configuring keys
Apr  5 17:28:36 linux kernel: dldr_thread: 2455 stack overflow

According to this, the configuration of the key does not work in the Windows
driver. On the other hand when I look at interface config via iwconfig, the
key is there:

wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"broecheler.de"  Nickname:"unknown"
          Mode:Managed  Bit Rate=54Mb/s
          RTS thr=1600 B   Fragment thr=2304 B
          Encryption key:0123-4567-89
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Nevertheless the DHCP client can not obtain an adress (without encryption it
works).

I have tried this with original drivers that where installed on the
notebook,

w22n51	Intel	11/26/2003,8.0.11.0

as well as a newer version that I found on the web:

w22n51	Intel	01/02/2004,8.0.12.9000

Both do not work. 

Any idea?

Thanks for your help

Stefan



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