Years ago I made Bug 9541 about WPA2 (and WPA) not working, and the status there is that it is not supported yet, but WEP is supposed to work.

So i make a new one here about *WEP* not working.

The system here works perfectly (and have for years) once installed.

I also, just for test, verified that installer works if i set no encryption at all, tested as fas as downloading stage 2 over that wifi.

Problem is that it do not work when i use WEP, as advertised.

__ Steps to Reproduce:

1. Router (D-Link DIR-868L): for this experiment i set the 2,4GHz interface to WEP 64 bit, key "12345" entered, bands b & g.

2. Test system: Thinkpad T43, Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter, driver ipw2200 works perfectly once mageia is installed - and have through all years :)

3. Boot network installer, nonfree version (i used cauldron i586 as of today)
e "Operation not supported".

4. I choose HTTP server, then NET device "wlp11s2 (ipw2200)"

5. Enter the key.

Dialog pops up: "unable to set WEP key "12345" on device "wlp11s2": Operation not supported.

The log at Alt-F3 show no error, but the lines:

* setting WEP key "TheHexaDecimalKey" on device "wlp11s2"
* unsetting automatic

So maybe the installer lack something needed for this specific card?

I can not see kernel messages; bug 21041.