> [root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 essid hrfamnet-101 > [root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXXXXXX [not really...] > [root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"hrfamnet-101" > Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm > RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:XXXXXXXXXX > Power Management:off > > [root at marktop mark]# ifup wlan0 > > Determining IP information for wlan0... failed. > [root at marktop mark]# iwlist wlan0 scan > wlan0 Scan completed : > Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:F0:58:9A:31 > Channel:6 > Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) > Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm > Encryption key:on > ESSID:"hrfamnet-101" > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s > 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s > Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s > Mode:Master > Extra:tsf=00000073d81085b2 > Extra: Last beacon: 468ms ago > IE: Unknown: 000C687266616D6E65742D313031 > IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048 > IE: Unknown: 030106 > IE: Unknown: 2A0102 > IE: Unknown: 32041224606C > IE: WPA Version 1 I believe you need to use wpa_supplicant to connect to a wpa protected network .. using ifconfig with enc as you have I believe only works for WEP, but I could be wrong. Barry