[Bug 10627] New: Can't get WEP working on boot with a ipw2200 (Centrino) in ad-hoc mode

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           Summary: Can't get WEP working on boot with a ipw2200 (Centrino)
                    in ad-hoc mode
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: linux
        AssignedTo: debzilla at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: vide80 at gmail.com
         QAContact: kernel-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


I'm using a 13-letters long ASCII key (no passphrase), using network-admin to
configure it and then manually editing /etc/network/interfaces to put the card
in ad-hoc mode automagically every boot. but if leave the field

wireless-key a13letterskey
wireless-mode ad-hoc

when I reboot I get the card in ad-hoc mode but without any encryption

if I set

wireless-key s:a13letterskey

I get the WEP set correctly (iwconfig shows it exactly as on another Linux box I
got with the same key) but I get an error of the module on boot and I cannot
ping the other computer.
If I remove the wireless-key line from /etc/network/interfaces or if I put again
the first line I wrote (without s:), getting a non-WEP status, and then after
the boot completed I enable the WEP key via iwconfig using

iwconfig eth1 enc s:a13letterskey

the wifi link works smooth, I can ping the other PC, navigate through it etc etc etc

If you want I can paste here the dmesg error I get on ipw2200 module loading,
but it is really not verbse at all.

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