Comment 20 for bug 339313

Sort of same here.

Fresh install of kubuntu 9.04 with a belkin usb wifi dongle based on rtl8187.

Using wep with an ascii key

System picked it up ok, could see wifi networks ok. But when configuring the only wep password options where hex and passphrase, no option for ascii. Neither hex or passphrase worked.

To cut a long story short I had to sudo /etc/network/interfaces and config in there.