ifconfig wi0 "10 number HEX key" arg ? (SOLVED)

[Tyler Gee]

On 8/28/06, Bill <runfreebsd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Tyler Gee <geekout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 8/27/06, Bill <runfreebsd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > --- Tyler Gee <geekout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Tyler,
> > >
> > > I actually had tried that with the "ifconfig" command and got an
> > > error/complaint and by a stroke of luck tried "wicontrol" with the
> > > above syntax and it took, so here is my little script that I run
> > and it
> > > works fine now, thanks for the timely nudge back into the right
> > > direction!
> > >
> > > I'm not exactly sure the "perfect" order of which to set these
> > params
> > > but it works as it is.  I'm open for any enhancements to the script
> > :)
> >
> > Well, if it works that is great and I would go with it. :)  I was
> > thinking wicontrol is deprecated, but can't actually remember if that
> > is true or not.  Just curious, what was the command you were giving
> > to
> > ifconfig that was giving the error?
> >
>
> If I'm not mistaken, in place of the "wicontrol" line, I had:
>
> ifconfig wi0 wepkey 0x1466466946

Try:

ifconfig wi0 nwkey 0x1466466946

> I would then get a stdout error while the script was running.
> I don't have the exact error readily available, I'm not near the
> machine and if I log into it from where I'm at and edit the script to
> get the error I'm afraid I'll lose the connection during the attempt :)
>
> Will try it again when I get home tonight.
>
>
> > > #####################################################
> > >
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > #
> > > echo
> > > echo "Flushing old routes..." ; echo
> > > /sbin/route flush
> > >
> > > echo "Bringing down old interface..." ; echo
> > > /sbin/ifconfig wi0 down
> > >
> > > echo "Setting up SSID for AP..." ; echo
> > > ifconfig wi0 ssid wheatgrass
> > >
> > > echo "Turning on wepmode..." ; echo
> > > ifconfig wi0 wepmode on
> > >
> > > echo "Setting up static ip of 192.168.1.222" ; echo
> > > ifconfig wi0 192.168.1.222 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask
> > > 255.255.255.0
> > >
> > > echo "Brining up interface wi0..." ; echo
> > > ifconfig wi0 up
> > >
> > > echo "Setting up wepkey..." ; echo
> > > wicontrol wi0 wepkey 0x1466466946
> > >
> > > echo "Setting up route to access point of 192.168.1.1 " ; echo
> > > route add default 192.168.1.1
> > >
> > > echo "Let's ping the GW at 192.168.1.1 three times..." ; echo
> > > ping -c3 192.168.1.1
> > >
> > > ##########################################################
> > >
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> >
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~Tyler