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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 2002 01:04:46 -0400
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wi0 encryption keys
Message-ID:  <20020722050446.GA15156@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <200207220205.MAA08837@lightning.itga.com.au>
References:  <200207220205.MAA08837@lightning.itga.com.au>

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Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> probably said:
> Is the mapping from pass-phrase to hex keys for WEP expected to be
> driver-dependent (hence not expected to work using the same
> passphrase on MW as FreeBSD?)  Or should this be expected to work
> and hence seems like a bug somewhere?

Some different companies seem to use a different translation. It's
long been noted that hex is the only way to be sure (and the only way
I can get my SMC base stations to behave properly).

P.

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