Comment 2 for bug 995697

Perhaps my explanation was not clear. The "Passphrase" option for setting
the
wireless key is broken. The hex option still works. This has happened on a
netbook recently upgraded to UBUNTU 12.04 and on another PC upgraded to
kernle 3.2.0-24 in KUBUNTU.

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Thomas Ward <email address hidden> wrote:

> This is a question that needs support, and not a bug report (invalid).
>
> Please try asking in IRC (#ubuntu at irc.freenode.net),
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> problem, and potential methods of fixing.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Invalid
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> Title:
> WEP security with passphrase broken
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> I upgraded to UBUNTU 12.04 and failed authentication to my wireless
> net with WEP. Version is 3.2.0-24 i686.
>
> I use a 128-bit passphrase on all my machines at home. It did not work
> with the upgraded system after repeated attempts.
> When I translated the the 13-byte phrase I use to hex and entered it as
> the WEP key, authentication succeeded.
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