Ben, What netgear do you use?
I have a 314, which has no wireless interface. The new ones do. I could purchase an access point, but then other box I have nailed to the wall... Jacob At 06:44 PM 3/28/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Hi gang, > >am happy to say there is a simple answer to the question I had asked about >WEP >(Wired Equivalent Privacy) and 128-bit encryption across different brands of >WiFi equipment. > >If you want to generate a key using a "passphrase", you need to use the same >brand. > >But to enable an encrypted connection on another brand, just type in the 26 >hex digits from the encryption key generated on the first brand. > >The remaining 24 bits of the key, which I was worried about matching, are >apparently the same. > >So, I used a passphrase to generate keys on my NetGear WiFi devices. When I >got the Dell laptop with the TrueMobile WiFi card, I just typed in the key >from the Netgear in hex, and it worked!!!! > >-Ben > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
