Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:10:32 +0200 From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" <Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> To: scott renna <flexble2547@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dlink-g520 Wireless and WEP Message-ID: <200410230910.32339.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> In-Reply-To: <20041023032136.95551.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041023032136.95551.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Saturday 23 October 2004 05:21, scott renna wrote: > So, > > Thanks to a fellow list member I got my 5.2.1 System > to see my Dlink card. The trouble now I'm having > involves setting up WEP. I am currently running WEP > on a Netgear Wireless router 802.11b. The Dlink does > 802.11b/g. Here's what I'm running into when turning > on WEP. The router has a 26 character string for > 128-bit WEP that I created via a passphrase. Windows > takes it and works well wirelessly but when I > configure my card, here's wha t happens on BSD: > > ifconfig ath0 192.168.2.175 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ssid SSID_NAME wepmode on wepkey > 0xyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Try this : ifconfig ath0 192.168.2.175 netmask 255.255.255.0 wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0xdead0beef0 Make sure you have the number of hex digits right : 10 digits for 64 bit encryption or 26 for 128 bit encryption). grtz, Daan
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