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Date:      Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:54:18 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Ian Cartwright <ian351c@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Netgear MA401 and WEP
Message-ID:  <20010921175418.A11378@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACEEBACFAA.ian351c@home.com>; from ian351c@home.com on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 05:38:15PM -0700
References:  <20010920110744.B23690@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACEEBACFAA.ian351c@home.com>

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On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 05:38:15PM -0700, Ian Cartwright wrote:
> I tried 'ifconfig wi0 ssid IansWireless wepkey 1:0x1111111111 wep' as you
> suggested without success... I do have one followup question though: I ha=
ve
> noticed that (in Windows) even if I set the keys the same on the card and
> the access point, WEP doesn't work unless it is the same key as well (i.e.
> they both have to have key #1 set to 0x1111111111 instead on the accesspo=
int
> having #1 set and the card having #3 set to the same key); is this
> expected?.

Yes.  The postion is important due to the way the standard was written.
=46rom the problems you're having I suspect it just isn't going to work
until someone with actual documentation does some more work on the
driver.

> Is there anyplace in the code for if_wi.c or someplace that I can turn on
> some debugging code? I would like to see if my card is reacting as expect=
ed
> compared against any traces anyone else may have...

No, it's not really possiable.  All assocation, authentication, and
encryption is handled by the card.  If you had a Cisco card and were
running current you could snoop the raw frames off the wire, but it
likely wouldn't do you much good.

-- Brooks

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