From kde-bugs-dist  Wed Feb 28 22:12:58 2007
From: Dima Ryazanov <someone () berkeley ! edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:12:58 +0000
To: kde-bugs-dist
Subject: [Bug 142349] New: "WEP Passphrase" doesn't work correctly - or is
Message-Id: <20070228231256.142349.someone () berkeley ! edu>
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           Summary: "WEP Passphrase" doesn't work correctly - or is
                    unintuitive to use
           Product: knetworkmanager
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: wstephenson kde org
        ReportedBy: someone berkeley edu


Version:           0.1 (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
Compiler:          gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5) 
OS:                Linux

When connecting to a WEP-encrypted network, there are three options for a password type:
WEP Passphrase
WEP 40/104-bit hex
WEP 40/104-bit ascii

I cannot make any sense of the default option, "WEP Passphrase". If I try to use my 5-letter password for my network, it gets converted into some very long key, and doesn't work. "WEP Passphrase" seems to accept a password of any length - not just 5/13 letters for ascii and 10/26 for hex. I've never seen such options in other programs - in Windows, in wlassistant, etc. Is it just me, or is something wrong with that option?

Also, would it be more intuitive if the other two options were combined? So knetworkmananger would choose "ascii" for 5/13 character passwords and "hex" for 10/26 ones.