waproamd and encryption key

I originally posted this in comp.os.linux.portable but it's not exactly humming with activity so I've posted again here.

I have waproamd installed on Sarge-Testing and everything seems to work except for buttigning a key automatically.

I have a file inetc-waproamd-keys of the form 00:00:00:00:00:00.wep which contains one key. The key is correct as I can copy and paste it onto the command line and it works.

However although my wireless card connects I cannot reach the network until I type iwconfig wlan0 key lovelovelovexx.

I have discovered, by running waproamd in the foreground, that the script inetc-waproamd-scripts is being run and that it extracts and applies the correct encryption key.

dhclient is then run which contacts the DHCP server on my network and is buttigned an IP address. I buttume from this that at this point the wireless network link is made - otherwise how could the DHCP server be contacted?

However when this processing has finished the network encryption key appears to have been lost, iwconfig shows 'enc: off', and the network connection is no longer active. The light on the wireless Cardbus card is glowing steadily through all this. If I then set the key with iwconfig as mentioned above everything starts working.

I don't understand why this is happening - can anyone help?

I'm running Debian Sarge-Testing kernel 2.4.27 waproamd 0.6-7 hotplug 0.0.2004032 ndiswrapper

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