I have a Lucent Orinoco card running on WinXP and a Linksys wireless router setup at my place, and I have been playing around with it for a few days.
Something I have noticed is that if I have WEP enabled on the router I cannot connect to my network. I know that the key is correct because I can connect to the AP, but I cannot access the DHCP server, the gateway, anything. It's the same with Linux, where I also have the card installed: I can connect to the AP, but not to my network.
In my ever-growing stumbling experience I see the same thing. WEP enabled APs that I can guess the key of will let me connect, but not get an IP or anything like that.
I know I'm missing something here, but I don't know what it is. If you could help me, I'd be very grateful. Just think of it as working towards one less n00b in the world.
Thanks agian.