[SLE] Wlan configuration question -- how to turn encryption key "on"

From: Peter N. Spotts (pspotts_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 02/27/04

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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:10:24 -0500

    Folks,

    When trying to hook up my laptop to a wireless network, what more is
    needed to activate the security key than entering the 26-character key
    in the appropriate "box" using YaST? When I do so (and after I've
    reconfigured my firewall to recognize wlan0 as my doorway to the great
    beyond) my computer sees the connection. But when I run iwconfig, the
    encryption setting appears as "off." All the other information iwconfig
    gives clearly shows that the laptop is seeing the wireless hub. And I
    found no blindingly obvious (to me anyway) setting within YaST to change
    the off to on.

    Best regards,

    Pete 

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