I'm also getting this slightly different error when following the steps mentioned above, but with a 'freshly' booted machine:
SoftMAC: Open Authentication with 00:0e:a6:63:10:b5 failed, error code: 13 I don't know if this makes any difference, but the problem is just as annoying (having to type this in Windows because I can't connect using Ubuntu). -- Connecting to WEP-encrypted networks using shared key impossible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162413 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs