Ok, thanks so far.
I tried what you said, here is the output of "iwconfig":
Quote:

lo no wireless extensions

eth0 no wireless extensions

wifi0 no wireless extensions

ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associcated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0/70 Signal level=-256 dbM Noise level=-256 dBM
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


The problem is: if you write "man iwconfig" you can see in the section about "key" that passphrases (ascii) is currently not supported.
That means that I have to create a hex key for my wlan, I guess.

EDIT:
Now I changed the key to a hex key with 64 characters and entered the essid and the key:
iwconfig ath0 essid xxIDxx
iwconfig ath0 key xxKEYxx

Now the essid is set properly, but setting the key fails:
Quote:

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.


EDIT #2:
Another test. I deactivated the key (only mac filtering and hidden ssid as protection now) and now it works.
But I'd really like to have a key, although I have a mac filter table up and running to deny access to other but mine systems.

Last edited by Xarthor; 10/22/08 11:17.