Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:33:53 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wi0 values like Wepkey etc... Message-ID: <20041203203353.GE20457@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <001701c4d976$91e7c370$9900000a@ZGISH> References: <001701c4d976$91e7c370$9900000a@ZGISH>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:27:54PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote: > I decided to dump Windows for good and installed FreeBSD on my laptop. That > makes me happy, but I cannot for the life of me connect to the Internet via > my Dell TrueMobile PCMCIA-card. > > I use this: > > ifconfig wi0 ssis my_ssid wepmode on wepkey 0x12345. > > I have set the SSID and can see that it works, but what is the syntax of > wepkey 0x12345? If my key is 12345 (decimal) do I use 0x12345, the hex-value > e.g. 0x3039, or just wepkey 12345? > > Nothing seems to work. Is there something I am missing? If the first two characters are 0x then the entry is in HEX (0x12345 is invalid). Otherwise it's an ASCII string. A wep key of the decimal number 12345 is entierly non-sensical. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBsM2wXY6L6fI4GtQRAqOOAJ9IyllP/OTCpdJL6ESWC2AkHqXCvgCdEvtS fYao89i2qoPAv151vLa7bKI= =wH8o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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