Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:10:17 GMT From: Christopher Chin <cchin@ack.Berkeley.EDU> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/95956: 128-bit Message-ID: <200604181710.k3IHAHDl064626@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/95956; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Christopher Chin <cchin@ack.Berkeley.EDU> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/95956: 128-bit Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:03:36 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 (21:49 +0300), Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:49:04 +0300 > 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 > > 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. Thanks, Ruslan.... however, I suppose that 5 or 13 characters refers to ASCII representations. The number of hex digits will differ. - Christopher ======================
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