Comment 36 for bug 384920

(In reply to comment #19)
> (In reply to comment #17)
> > Are people still having problems with rtl8187 and latest kernel updates? The
> > issue with establishing connections is highly driver dependent.
> >
> > Next, what type of connections are having the problem; all, or just WEP, or
> > just WPA, etc?
> >
> > Gian: if WEP, what type of WEP key is it (ASCII, Hex, or Passphrase), and how
> > long is it?
>
> Well, this issue doesn't seem to be driver-dependent, but rather Network Manger
> is messing up for some reason. I can establish the connection once I "hack" the
> correct key into the keyring... What I have seen that happens (with any new
> network that I register) is the following:
>
> 1.- When trying to establish the connection with Netowrk Manager, after
> introducing the key (WPA/WEP, any kind [hex, ascii, etc) the first attempt
> fails.
>
> 2.- When the prompt pops back up, and I select "show key", the key that NM
> presents is completely different from the one I actually entered (especially
> true for WEP-HEX).

That's some good info. How many characters is your key? It's definitely a WEP Hex key, not a 5 or 13 character WEP ASCII key, and not a 8 - 64 character WEP passphrase?