connection fails in wifi manager?

[Upsman]

Hello, I set up my AP as tricky as I could to try and crack it. For example I did not broadcast the essid and I set up mac filtering and am 128 bit encrypted instead of 64.

I then connected my legitiment lappy to the accessis point (that lappy is a windows box)

1.I then fired up kismet and got the hidden essid.

2.I spoofed my BT3 boxes MAC to the same as my windows lappy.

3. I then did the whole deauth thing and all went well I got my key cracked with aircrack it said KEY FOUND: [<KEY IN HERE>] (ASCII: <name of my ap>)
(I know this key is correct as this is how I connected my windows lappy)

4. Now I have the key but cann not connect in the wireless assistant. for some reason it just says connection failed nomatter what I do?

Do i need to disconnect my windows lappy with the real mac address first?
(for example can not connect two systems with the same MAC?)

Thank you very much for your time.

[imported_Deathray]

People advise against using the Wireless Assistant. It's really, really bad.
The best way would be to connect with iwconfig through a terminal.
http://wirelessdefence.org/Contents/...ssCommands.htm

[Upsman]

I tried connecting like that too... still no luck... The setting of the essid part dident work..

[garymc1]

Try

iwconfig rausb0 essid (your essid) key (your key)
dhclient rausb0

replace rausb0 with your interface

Cheers

Gary