Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:45:45 -0700 From: Michelle Brownsworth <michelle@primelogic.com> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WEP with Orinoco WaveLan Message-ID: <a0500193db7adcc0209ec@[192.168.1.1]> In-Reply-To: <20010825141438.B9970@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <a0500193cb7adbb6822c4@[192.168.1.1]> <20010825141438.B9970@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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>On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 01:42:53PM -0700, Michelle Brownsworth wrote: >> I'm using an Orinoco Gold card in my laptop running 4.3-RELEASE. >> It was working fine without WEP, but when I changed it (and my >> SMC2655W) to 128-bit encryption it fails to make a connection. >> However, the same card works fine when I stick it in a Window >> laptop, so I know it's not a WEP key mismatch. I've seen some >> posts that seem to suggest that I should upgrade to 4.3-STABLE. >> Is it the consensus that upgrading will fix the WEP problem? > >I had a similar problem. It turned out that the setup program >which speaks via SNMP to the SMC2655W and the setup program for my >Hawking 802.11b card hashed the passphrase into entirely different >keys when working in 128 bit mode. > >I don't know it that's your problem, but check to see if your keys >are =really= the same. You might have to enter one end in hex to >match the other end. > >> .\\ichelle >> --------------------- >> Michelle Brownsworth >> System Administrator >> PrimeLogic Communications >> http://www.primelogic.com > > -crl >-- >Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? >chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com >DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 No, the keys were entered in hex, after thrashing with the string pass phrase problem you mention. Again, because it works perfectly in the Windows laptop I know there was no key mismatch. .\\ichelle --------------------- Michelle Brownsworth System Administrator PrimeLogic Communications http://www.primelogic.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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