Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:11:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill <runfreebsd@yahoo.com> To: Tyler Gee <geekout@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig wi0 "10 number HEX key" arg ? (SOLVED) Message-ID: <20060828061159.38507.qmail@web37510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <6e01203b0608271102k1418bd23u1bb51af1d42d6a37@mail.gmail.com>
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--- 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 :) ##################################################### #!/bin/sh # echo echo "Flushing old routes..." ; echo /sbin/route flush echo "Bringing down old interface..." ; echo /sbin/ifconfig wi0 down echo "Setting up SSID for AP..." ; echo ifconfig wi0 ssid wheatgrass echo "Turning on wepmode..." ; echo ifconfig wi0 wepmode on echo "Setting up static ip of 192.168.1.222" ; echo ifconfig wi0 192.168.1.222 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 echo "Brining up interface wi0..." ; echo ifconfig wi0 up echo "Setting up wepkey..." ; echo wicontrol wi0 wepkey 0x1466466946 echo "Setting up route to access point of 192.168.1.1 " ; echo route add default 192.168.1.1 echo "Let's ping the GW at 192.168.1.1 three times..." ; echo ping -c3 192.168.1.1 ########################################################## __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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