Re: [gentoo-user] Why iwconfig wlan0 enc can't work?

[Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Lavender <448463782@qq.com> wrote:
> The essid of my dormitory wireless netword is "Rebellion"
> and its password is "I'll leave it up to you"(It's OK to tell
> you this private information :-) ) .
> I typed command below
> #iwconfig wlan0 up
> #iwconfig wlan0 essid "Rebellion"
> Commands above worked normally, then
>
> #iwconfig wlan0 mode master
>
> Our AP mode which iwlist shows is master,
> but the command above failed. Error message was
> "Invalid argument".
> Then I typed
> #iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
> This worked , then
> #iwconfig wlan0 enc "I'll leave it up to you"
> This failed with error message "Invalid argument"
>
> I have searched the internet , but I didn't find
> useful information .  The password is right , it
> can work on windows system .So what's wrong
> with it?

What encryption method is used by the AP? The method you described
only kinda works for WEP. If the AP is using WPA or WPA2, you need a
WPA supplicant.

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