ifconfig wi0 "10 number HEX key" arg ?

[Tyler Gee]

On 8/27/06, Bill <runfreebsd at 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
>
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-- 
~Tyler