Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 21:11:40 -0700 From: Michelle Brownsworth <michelle@primelogic.com> To: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WEP with Orinoco WaveLan Message-ID: <a0500193fb7ae1c82f68e@[192.168.1.1]> In-Reply-To: <20010825231501.G37756-100000@volatile.chemikals.org> References: <20010825231501.G37756-100000@volatile.chemikals.org>
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Wesley Morgan said: >That explains your problem. The keys are not programmed into the cards (to >do so would be a security risk). You must use wicontrol to set the keys at >startup. Yeah, my assumption was that the key would be saved in the card. I should've paid more attention to how assume is spelled, I guess. Anyway, that did it. I entered the key from the command line and it started working immediately. So I stuck the wicontrol -i wi0 -k 0x... in /etc/start_if.wi0 (executed from /etc/pccard_ether) along with with my other wicontrol statements. Which brings me to my next question, or rather, assumption: I assume I can use wicontrol to override values saved in the card, say, channel (matching it in the access point, of course). Is this correct? And is it wise to include a full complement of card configuration wicontrol statements in start_if.wi0 as belt and suspenders, even if the card already has the same values? Last question: How DO you obtain ascii output for the key with wicontrol? Many thanks for all your help, and Mike Smith's and Chad Larson's as well. .\\ichelle >On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Michelle Brownsworth wrote: > >> >I have two gold cards working fine with 128bit encryption, and have been >> >using them from 4.2-RELEASE to the current 4.x-STABLE. I would double and >> >triple check those keys, you may perceive them as being hex. Your >> >wicontrol output should indicate it as such: >> > >> >hex: >> >Encryption keys: [ 0xd41d8cd98f00bd41d8cd98f00b ] >> > >> >text: >> >Encryption keys: [ d41d8cd98f00b ][ ][ ][ ] >> > >> >It won't take 10 seconds to test the key as ascii... >> >> >> Wesley, >> >> You may be on to something there. Here's the wicontrol output: >> >> WEP encryption: [ On ] >> TX encryption key: [ 1 ] >> Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] >> >> DOH! Key 1 is empty! What happened to the encryption key I entered >> using Orinoco's client manager on the Windows-based laptop? And why >> does the Windows machine work fine if there's no key present in Key 1? >> >> Oddly, I can't seem to find the correct incantation to obtain a key >> in ascii format, although man wicontrol states, "Using the additional >> -a flag will cause wicontrol to print out encryption keys as ascii >> characters instead of in hex." But the manpage also indicates that >> -a is access point density, so I'm confused. How do YOU get the >> key's ascii output? >> >> .\\ichelle >> >> >> >On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Michelle Brownsworth wrote: >> > >> >> >On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 01:42:53PM -0700, Michelle Brownsworth wrote: >> >> >> I'm using an Orinoco Gold card in my laptop running 4.3-RELEASE. >> >> >> It was working fine without WEP, but when I changed it (and my >> >> >> SMC2655W) to 128-bit encryption it fails to make a connection. >> >> >> However, the same card works fine when I stick it in a Window >> >> >> laptop, so I know it's not a WEP key mismatch. I've seen some >> >> >> posts that seem to suggest that I should upgrade to 4.3-STABLE. >> >> >> Is it the consensus that upgrading will fix the WEP problem? >> >> > >> >> >I had a similar problem. It turned out that the setup program >> >> >which speaks via SNMP to the SMC2655W and the setup program for my >> >> >Hawking 802.11b card hashed the passphrase into entirely different >> >> >keys when working in 128 bit mode. >> >> > >> >> >I don't know it that's your problem, but check to see if your keys >> >> >are =really= the same. You might have to enter one end in hex to >> >> >match the other end. >> >> >> >> No, the keys were entered in hex, after thrashing with the string >> >> pass phrase problem you mention. Again, because it works perfectly >> >> in the Windows laptop I know there was no key mismatch. >> > >> >-- >> > _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ > > > Wesley N Morgan _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ >> > morganw@chemikals.org _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | >> > FreeBSD: The Power To Serve _ |___/___/___/ >> > 6bone: 3ffe:1ce3:7::b4ff:fe53:c297 >> >Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to >>help me spread! >> > >-- > _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ > Wesley N Morgan _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ > morganw@chemikals.org _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | > FreeBSD: The Power To Serve _ |___/___/___/ > 6bone: 3ffe:1ce3:7::b4ff:fe53:c297 >Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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