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Date:      Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:20:59 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
To:        Krishna Mohan Gundu <gkmohan@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wep key index in examples of section 29.3 in handbook
Message-ID:  <20080811122059.GD1022@gothic.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <70ec82800808110505r4b2840c7tfab4ff456e890653@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 05:05:01AM -0700, Krishna Mohan Gundu wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
[...]

> I did read this note. My wireless router configuration has no mention
> of different keys. It simply takes a key for encryption. So I was
> immediately thrown off this key business. Third key did not make any
> sense to me. The fact that some access points have provision for only
> one key is not clear from any documentation. Probably it helps here if
> a note like this is added
> 
> "Some access points take only one key, in which case use 1 for key index"
>

Ok, I see.  What do you think about something like:

"Note: If you do not have any idea of what is the key used by your
access point, you should try to use 1 for both of the key and the
index."

-- 
Marc



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