From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 23 07:10:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A09316A4CE for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:10:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amsfep17-int.chello.nl (amsfep17-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 017A543D45 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:10:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Danovitsch@Vitsch.net) Received: from Vitsch.net ([212.187.78.35]) by amsfep17-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.6.01.03.04 201-2131-111-106-20040729) with ESMTP id <20041023071036.QQQD25530.amsfep17-int.chello.nl@Vitsch.net>; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:10:36 +0200 Received: from 192.168.1.36 (f59122.upc-f.chello.nl [80.56.59.122]) by Vitsch.net (8.12.3p2/8.11.3) with ESMTP id i9N7AXun091132; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:10:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Danovitsch@Vitsch.net) From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" To: scott renna Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:10:32 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <20041023032136.95551.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041023032136.95551.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200410230910.32339.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dlink-g520 Wireless and WEP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:10:40 -0000 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