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To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl>
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:56:12 -0800
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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Subject: Re: Wireless PC-Card settings using ifconfig_wi0 ... 
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> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:03:55 +0100
> From: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl>
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> My laptop is setup so that it connects alright to the Internet using the
> standard network card (Dell TrueMobile).
> 
> However, for the life of me, I cannot get my darn wireless connect up and
> running. Under windows everything was running fine so I know it works.
> 
> What is the syntax of my ifconfig_wi0 statement?
> 
> Here are the details taken from my wireless router:
> 
> Mode: Access Point
> SSID: GISH
> Channel 11
> WEP Encryption Key Format: Hexadecimal Digits
> 40(64)Bit 
>   Key1: <Blank>
>   Key2: XX XX XX XX XX
>   Key3: <Blank>
>   Key4: Blank
>   Default Key: 2
> Transfer Rate: automatic
> Header Length: Long
> Channel: 11
> Beacon interval: 100
> RTS threshold: 2432
> Fragmentation threshold: 2346
> DTIM Interval: 1
> 
> It sure would be nice if I could get this running alright. Thanks in advance
> for your help!

ifconfig wi0 ssid GISH wepmode on wepkey 0xXXXXXXXXX
should do the trick. Note that the key is 10 hex characters and no
spaces. The key is prefaced with a '0x' to indicate that it is hex.
-- 
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