Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 05:59:45 -0800 From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prism2 128 bit wep keys? Message-ID: <3BFA61D1.6070605@quack.kfu.com> References: <200111192152.fAJLqe927719@medusa.kfu.com> <20011119181030.A9115@pir.net> <3BF99B35.9020604@kfu.com> <20011119222156.A59029@tp.databus.com>
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If I plug a Lucent Gold card into my laptop running FreeBSD with the access point configured with a 128 bit key, it works. If I plug the MA401 into my laptop running Windows 2000, that works. If I plug the MA401 into my laptop running FreeBSD, it doesn't work. I've opened a PR for this (kern/32124). Barney Wolff wrote: > Are you quite sure the Linksys access point supports 128-bit keys? > On mine, the box said yes but the documentation, what there was of > it, seemed to say no. I didn't look very hard but remember being > rather annoyed. > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:52:21PM -0800, Nick Sayer wrote: > >>Peter Radcliffe wrote: >> >> >>>nsayer@quack.kfu.com probably said: >>> >>> >>>>I just obtained a Linksys 802.11b access point. I previously was >>>>using an Apple Airport. 64 bit (40 bit, really) WEP keys work, but >>>>128 bit (104 bit, really) keys don't with the wi driver using my >>>>Netgear MA401. >>>> >>>> >>>>I'm not quite sure whether to blame the access point or the FreeBSD >>>>driver. >>>> >>>>Has anyone seen 128 bit keys working on prism2 wi cards under FreeBSD? >>>> >>>> >>>Not personally, I use lucent or cisco client cards, but one thing to >>>note is that different company's text representations (passphrases) of >>>keys do not agree. Whenever I have key problems the first thing I >>>check is that the key is entered in hex at both ends. >>> >>> >>You're quite right. But in this case it is indeed hex both places (I get >>my WEP keys from hexdump < /dev/random). >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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