[CentOS] WEP and CentOS 4
Lamar Owen
lowen at pari.edu
Tue Jun 7 22:30:29 UTC 2005
On Tuesday 07 June 2005 17:03, Hugh Tollan wrote:
> Any advice about configuring CentOS 4 and wep?
Now that several people have expended too much effort denouncing and defending
WEP, let's see if we can't actually answer your question.
I have a Dell Inspiron 600m with a ipw2100, close kin to the 2200 you have.
It Just Works. I think I had to specifically tell system-config-network
about it and that it was a wireless device, not an ethernet, but at that
point I created a connection with it, gave it the WEP key in hex (of the
right length), the SSID (which is case-sensitive, I might mention), and told
it to use Managed Mode. I think in order to properly recognize the adapter I
had to load firmware manually once, then the wireless settings Just Worked.
Ask the IPW220 list for more detailed information; oddly, try
ipw2100.sourceforge.net and subscribe to the list.
I don't consider 'don't use WEP' to be advice about configuring WEP,
personally. Layered security, folks; while WEP may be close to useless on
its own, it can serve its use in that you have to use the specific tools to
crack it; it's not wide open like a non-WEP link would be; at least then you
can say you made an effort to secure your AP if someone uses your AP and
internet to crack a bank's servers; someone with a wide-open AP might be
liable in that case.
--
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC 28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu
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