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Date:      Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:49:17 +1300
From:      Andrew Thompson <andy@fud.org.nz>
To:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 128bit WEP keys and ifconfig
Message-ID:  <20041117004917.GC24087@thingy.tbd.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20041117003518.GA47238@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
References:  <20041117003518.GA47238@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>

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On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 04:35:18PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> I'm trying to set up my wireless NIC (Netgear WG511) to
> connect to the internet through my wireless route (Netgear
> WGR614).  When I set up the router, I choose the 128-bit
> WEP key feature.  To my chagrin, Windows XP works well
> with the WG511, but I prefer FreeBSD.  I tried to give
> my WEP key to ifconfig, which does not work.
> 
> %ifconfig ndis0 inet 192.168.0.3 broadcast 192.168.0.1
> netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid YADA channel 11 wepmode on
> wepkey abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> 

The wep key should be hex, not ascii.


--
Andrew



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