Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:02:50 -1000 From: "Tyler Gee" <geekout@gmail.com> To: Bill <runfreebsd@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig wi0 "10 number HEX key" arg ? Message-ID: <6e01203b0608271102k1418bd23u1bb51af1d42d6a37@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060827180023.13062.qmail@web37505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060827180023.13062.qmail@web37505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On 8/27/06, Bill <runfreebsd@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Family, > > I'm on a wifi network where all the other Unix(like) and Windows > laptops seem to be able to pass a "ten" (10) digit number as the > "hex" key. > > In the "ifconfig" manpage for FreeBSD-6.1 it states, under the > stanza for "wepkey" that the number must be 5 or 13 chars long. > > The number that is being used for the 10 digit key is: > > 1466466946 Try 0x1466466946 > So, I've tried numerous calc's to see if I can convert this to a > HEX, 5 or 13 char output and was wondering if I'm missing something. > > Of course, when WEP is turned off the wireless nic works find. > Orinoco_Gold card. > > TIA > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ~Tyler
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