how to enable WEP in redhat 8

[PranksterO]

I just recently set up a wireless netowrk. The only problem is that Im having a hard time getting WEP to work. I have a linksys router/access point and a netgear pc card. When I enable WEP in the router access is denied. How do I set up my laptop to use WEP? Ive done some searches but turned up nothing. Can someone walk me through this? Thanks for the help!

[kiwipenguin]

The command you want is iwconfig. I use it a school to connect to our wireless lan.

iwconfig eth0 key ********

[PranksterO]

I used that command and I get the following error:

SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function no implemented.

when I just type in iwconfig i get "Encryption key: off" along with a bunch of other stuff.

Im guessing that I need to turn this on somehow. How can I go about this?

[kiwipenguin]

Did you run the command as root?

The other place you can do it is under /etc/wlan/ there are some config files you can alter to setup your WEP key

Go here for more detail (http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html)