From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 27 17:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E149016A4E5 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:39:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from typhoon.he.net (typhoon.he.net [64.62.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A04DB43D4C for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:39:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from liam ([71.141.72.46]) by typhoon.he.net for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:39:57 -0700 Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:39:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill-S X-X-Sender: bill@liam To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: System-ID: [en] (SuSE-9.3 64-bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: ifconfig wi0 "10 number HEX key" arg ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:40:00 -0000 Hello Family, I'm on a wifi network where all the other Unix(like) and Windows laptops seem to be able to pass a "ten" (10) digit number as the "hex" key. In the "ifconfig" manpage for FreeBSD-6.1 it states, under the stanza for "wepkey" that the number must be 5 or 13 chars long. The number that is being used for the 10 digit key is: 1466466946 So, I've tried numerous calc's to see if I can convert this to a HEX, 5 or 13 char output and was wondering if I'm missing something. Of course, when WEP is turned off the wireless nic works find. Orinoco_Gold card. TIA -- Bill Schoolcraft <*> http://wiliweld.com ~ "To live long and well, employ moderation."