wep key index in examples of section 29.3 in handbook

Marc Fonvieille blackend at freebsd.org
Mon Aug 11 12:21:03 UTC 2008


On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 05:05:01AM -0700, Krishna Mohan Gundu wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
[...]

> I did read this note. My wireless router configuration has no mention
> of different keys. It simply takes a key for encryption. So I was
> immediately thrown off this key business. Third key did not make any
> sense to me. The fact that some access points have provision for only
> one key is not clear from any documentation. Probably it helps here if
> a note like this is added
> 
> "Some access points take only one key, in which case use 1 for key index"
>

Ok, I see.  What do you think about something like:

"Note: If you do not have any idea of what is the key used by your
access point, you should try to use 1 for both of the key and the
index."

-- 
Marc



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