Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:35:32 +0100 From: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> To: 'Brooks Davis' <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: wi0 values like Wepkey etc... Message-ID: <004d01c4d977$a2e7eaa0$9900000a@ZGISH> In-Reply-To: <20041203203353.GE20457@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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On my wireless LAN though I have it set to ASCII 1234 so does that mean the syntax is "wepkey 1234" then? -- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks@one-eyed-alien.net] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 21:34 > To: Kiffin Gish > Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: wi0 values like Wepkey etc... > > On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:27:54PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > I decided to dump Windows for good and installed FreeBSD on my laptop. > That > > makes me happy, but I cannot for the life of me connect to the Internet > via > > my Dell TrueMobile PCMCIA-card. > > > > I use this: > > > > ifconfig wi0 ssis my_ssid wepmode on wepkey 0x12345. > > > > I have set the SSID and can see that it works, but what is the syntax of > > wepkey 0x12345? If my key is 12345 (decimal) do I use 0x12345, the hex- > value > > e.g. 0x3039, or just wepkey 12345? > > > > Nothing seems to work. Is there something I am missing? > > If the first two characters are 0x then the entry is in HEX (0x12345 is > invalid). Otherwise it's an ASCII string. A wep key of the decimal > number 12345 is entierly non-sensical. > > -- Brooks > > -- > Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. > PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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