Re: argh -- can't get wireless in someone else's house

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Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>> > wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"xxxxxxx"
>> >           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point:
>> >           Not-Associated Tx-Power=27 dBm
>> >           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
>> >           Encryption key:3431-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
>> >           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>> >           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>> >           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

>> > where the ESSID is correct and the key is the ASCII representation of
>> > the 10-digit WEP key, which is precisely what can be read from the
>> > linksys wireless security page.
>>
>> That looks longer than 10-digits to me...?  Anyway, please re-check
>> the WEP key just to be sure.  You might also ensure that the key is
>> configured as a hex value at the router, and not as a passphrase.
>> Just because it looks like hex doesn't mean it is being treated
>> that way.
> 
> i thought it looked curious as well, but it's apparently just the
> "ASCII" rep of the actual 10-digit numeric WEP key:
> 
>   '34' = 4
>   '31' = 1
> 
> which are the first 2 digits of the WEP key.  is iwconfig *supposed*
> to print the WEP key that way?

I don't think so.
I get
-------------------------------
eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"dd-wrt"  Nickname:"mary.gayleard.com"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:16:B6:DA:56:B4
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:0000-0000-00   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=47/92  Signal level=-51 dBm  Noise level=-99 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:7
          Tx excessive retries:1  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
-------------------------------
when I try a rather simple 10-digit WEP key.


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