Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:07:35 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Tyler Gee <geekout@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig wi0 "10 number HEX key" arg ? (SOLVED) Message-ID: <20060828170735.GA79900@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <6e01203b0608281004n57c17fb5lc1d0483182f803c7@mail.gmail.com> References: <6e01203b0608271102k1418bd23u1bb51af1d42d6a37@mail.gmail.com> <20060828061159.38507.qmail@web37510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <6e01203b0608281004n57c17fb5lc1d0483182f803c7@mail.gmail.com>
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--M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 07:04:36AM -1000, Tyler Gee wrote: > On 8/27/06, Bill <runfreebsd@yahoo.com> wrote: > >--- Tyler Gee <geekout@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 8/27/06, Bill <runfreebsd@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > 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 > >> > >> Try 0x1466466946 > >> > > > >Thanks Tyler, > > > >I actually had tried that with the "ifconfig" command and got an > >error/complaint and by a stroke of luck tried "wicontrol" with the > >above syntax and it took, so here is my little script that I run and it > >works fine now, thanks for the timely nudge back into the right > >direction! > > > >I'm not exactly sure the "perfect" order of which to set these params > >but it works as it is. I'm open for any enhancements to the script :) >=20 > Well, if it works that is great and I would go with it. :) I was > thinking wicontrol is deprecated, but can't actually remember if that > is true or not. Just curious, what was the command you were giving to > ifconfig that was giving the error? wicontrol is deprecated. Its use should not be required for anything WEP related. -- Brooks --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE8yLWXY6L6fI4GtQRAoVIAJ0V8aehvJH2t8izNkwWQucdVj87GACfap8w 7h9xjrQNbe5KJFCppXkmngY= =FQjo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO--
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