Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:24:32 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMC2632W wireless card for $99. Message-ID: <20010806212431.A6614@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <200108070056.RAA16901@mina.soco.agilent.com>; from darrylo@soco.agilent.com on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 05:56:21PM -0700 References: <20010805161846.F22031@pir.net> <200108070056.RAA16901@mina.soco.agilent.com>
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Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> probably said: > Are you using ASCII WEP keys, as opposed to hex WEP keys? If > ASCII, another possibility is that SMC, like Linksys, is munging the > ASCII WEP password in some strange way. With Linksys hardware, you've > got to use hex keys to make things interoperate (as well as apply > Linux/FreeBSD patches to talk to a Linksys access point). I had to put hex keys in the base stations to get it working, but everything but that card is working just fine. I'm also using a hex key on the client end. > Hmm. If you're really desperate, this *might* be worth > investigating: Hardly desperate, I just use my Cisco 350 card or my lucent cards ... > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=164039+167666+/usr/local/www/db/text/2001/freebsd-mobile/20010520.freebsd-mobile Not that problem. This is a client end WEP problem not a base station issue. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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