Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:06:02 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Guy Middleton <guy-dated-1069377671.531c2e@obstruction.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to set WEP key? (4.8-RELEASE) Message-ID: <20031022030602.342C25D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Guy Middleton <guy@obstruction.com> <20031022012110.GA11947@chaos.obstruction.com>
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> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:21:10 -0400 > From: Guy Middleton <guy@obstruction.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > Is there a canonical place to set the WEP encryption key for wireless devices? > > I am using 4.8-RELEASE on an IBM Thinkpad T21. I can't find any obvious place > to specify it in pccard.conf or rc.conf. Do I need to make local changes to > pccard_ether? It is normally put into /etc/start_if.wi0. Here is my file for use at home: ifconfig wi0 192.168.168.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig wi0 wepmode on wepkey 0x0123456789abcdef0123456789 ssid babcom (Key has been changed, of course. I use Lars Eggert's location script to swap this file with the one I use when not at home. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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