wi0 values like Wepkey etc...

[Brooks Davis]

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On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:35:32PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote:
> On my wireless LAN though I have it set to ASCII 1234 so does that mean the
> syntax is "wepkey 1234" then?

Yes.

-- Brooks

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks at one-eyed-alien.net]
> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 21:34
> > To: Kiffin Gish
> > Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: wi0 values like Wepkey etc...
> > 
> > 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.
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-- 
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
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