Accessing a WEP-secured wireless network

[James Knott]

William O'Higgins wrote:
> I have been scouring the net unsuccessfully for a tutorial on accessing
> a WEP-secured wireless network.  I have seen a bunch of utilities for
> cracking them, but I am a legitimate user, and as such I have the essid
> and the key.  I just don't know how to connect.  I hate having to boot
> into Windoze for its networking abilities -- it's just wrong!
> 
> Under Windoze I have configured a profile for the network, and once the
> wireless card has established a handshake I have to go to a web page
> (I'm automatically redirected) where I enter a personal password.  This
> is bound to be familiar to someone - can I get a pointer or two?
> Thanks.

It's generally not difficult to connect using WEP in Linux.  I've done 
it with both Red Hat & SuSE. What problems are you having?

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