Okay, I manually entered the key into the WAP and now we're working. I had been using the ASCII phrase and letting it convert then using the converted key in Linux. Apparently, the WAP must add something or do something strange with the converted key. Anyway, it's working! Thanks so much for your help. <<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Keith Winston <kwinston@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 05 May 2003 13:08:44 -0400 Subject: Re: RH9 and WEP (still no use) > Joe Polk wrote: > > Okay, I've been told to put the hex key in that file. I've tried the actually > > hex key as genereated by iwconfig, no luck. I tried the format xx:xx:xx:foo > > no luck. I was told to precede it with 0x, no luck. > > Here is what my hex key looks like: > > KEY='FFFF-FFFF-FF [4]' > > The [4] tells iwconfig to use the 4th key (same as my access point). > This is a 64/40-bit key. Your key will be longer if you use 128-bit > keys. I think the hyphens are optional, but I put them in to make > it more readable for me. Iwconfig will treat the key as a hex key > unless it is prefixed with 's:'. > > The actual key has been changed to protect the innocent. > > Best Regards, > Keith > -- > LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ > That's your shadow on the wall > Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list ------- End of Original Message -------
