Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:29:44 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wi0 values like Wepkey etc... Message-ID: <20041203222944.GF20457@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <004d01c4d977$a2e7eaa0$9900000a@ZGISH> References: <20041203203353.GE20457@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <004d01c4d977$a2e7eaa0$9900000a@ZGISH>
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--9ADF8FXzFeE7X4jE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Please don't top-post.] On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:35:32PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote: > On my wireless LAN though I have it set to ASCII 1234 so does that mean t= he > syntax is "wepkey 1234" then? Yes. -- Brooks > > -----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... > >=20 > > 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 Intern= et > > 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 he= x- > > value > > > e.g. 0x3039, or just wepkey 12345? > > > > > > Nothing seems to work. Is there something I am missing? > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > -- Brooks > >=20 > > -- > > 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 --=20 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 --9ADF8FXzFeE7X4jE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBsOjXXY6L6fI4GtQRApQ7AJ4z64CjsiawtzzsmdnkmSt4EknLOQCgjDr6 pmu1EPVl3+wYSmFyaH0Usk8= =8E9P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9ADF8FXzFeE7X4jE--
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