On 9/28/10, Anders Langworthy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Carl Trachte <[email protected]> wrote: >> "ifconfig iw0 scan" detects the mifi device and identifies it: >> >> nwid "Verizon MiFi2200 BB2F Secure" chan 11 bssid <6 part id> 82db 54M >> privacy,short_preamble,short_slottime >> >> I try connecting using the network id shown above and the 11 digit >> password on the back of the mifi unit: >> >> ifconfig iwi0 up nwid "<network id>" nwkey "01234567891" > > That doesn't work because that password is not a WEP key. It's a WPA > key. WEP keys can't be 11 digits. > > You want something like this: > > ifconfig iwi0 nwid "Verizon MiFi2200 BB2F Secure" wpa wpapsk \ > `wpa-psk "Verizon MiFi2200 BB2F Secure" "01234567891"` > > Note that if your iwi device has the same quirk as mine you have to > run a scan after you change the nwid or you won't be able to get an IP > address. > > Cheers, > Anders. >
Anders, Thanks for the command and the distinction between WPA and WEP. This is the closest I've gotten to talking to someone who has gotten this to work on a non-windows system, and I appreciate your time. I ran the command and got: ifconfig: SIOCS80211NWID: Device not configured ifconfig: SIOCG80211WPAPARMS: Device not configured Not sure what these mean, but it looks like I've got a problem on my end. Thanks again for the command, though. Carl T.
