From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 3 20:35:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4685F16A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:35:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp19.wxs.nl (smtp19.wxs.nl [195.121.6.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E8C43D2F for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:35:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kiffin.gish@planet.nl) Received: from ZGISH (ip3e833f72.speed.planet.nl [62.131.63.114]) by smtp19.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I850039LYJ4W7@smtp19.wxs.nl> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:35:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:35:32 +0100 From: Kiffin Gish In-reply-to: <20041203203353.GE20457@odin.ac.hmc.edu> To: 'Brooks Davis' Message-id: <004d01c4d977$a2e7eaa0$9900000a@ZGISH> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: wi0 values like Wepkey etc... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:35:31 -0000 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