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Originally Posted by chicago
If i drop encryption then I'd provide free internet for some of my neighbors and this would not be pleasant. Even if it would work that way I can't do it.
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In suggesting to drop encryption, I had in mind doing it for a short time just to try to get a connection, rather than on an ongoing basis. Sorry I probably should have been more clear about that. However, only you can judge if even that would be an unacceptable security risk, fair enough.
I do have two other suggestions to add, assuming you will use encryption.
(1) Carefully check that your WEP key is the same as used in the the AP. I.e., are they both strings or both hex, or do you have some accidental mixture?
(2) Rather than DHCP, you can try running
# tcpdump -ni bwi0
No IP address is needed for this. If the connection and encryption are right, and if there is wireless network traffic, you should see packets being reported.