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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:50:16 GMT
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/95956: 128-bit
Message-ID:  <200604171850.k3HIoGcx072455@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/95956; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
To: Christopher Chin <cchin@ack.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/95956: 128-bit
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:49:04 +0300

 On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 06:38:55PM +0000, Christopher Chin wrote:
 > After a recent cvsup, buildworld, and new kernel, I can no longer 
 > effectively use 128bit wep with my wi0 driver.
 > 
 > This worked beautifully with my 5.4, and I'm pretty sure this worked
 > well after my upgrade to 6.0 and 6.1-PRERELEASE.
 > 
 > 
 >   bubble (cchin):/home/cchin# ifconfig wi0 wep wepkey 0x12345678901234567890abcdef 
 >   ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
 >   bubble (cchin):/home/cchin#
 > 
 From the ifconfig(8) manpage:
 
 : A WEP key will be either 5 or 13 characters (40 or 104 bits)
 : depending of the local network and the capabilities of the
 : adaptor.
 
 
 Cheers,
 -- 
 Ruslan Ermilov
 ru@FreeBSD.org
 FreeBSD committer



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