flattermann;595006 Wrote: > Take a look at your router config page, there should be a note if you > should enter the key as hex or string. (This is only important for WEP, > WPA always uses a passphrase *string*.) > > The difference is this: > Any character of the WEP key is encoded as ASCII value. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters > > I.e. the character "A" is encoded as hex value "41", "B" is "42"... > So a string "ABCDE" is represented as hex values "41 42 43 44 45". > > On the other hand, the character "4" is encoded as hex value "34". > So the *string* "4142434445" would be encoded as "34 31 34 32 34 33 34 > 34 34 35". > > Anyway, for WPA, just use a string like "This Is My Password". > Set it in your router (*without* the quotes) and set it in Net::UDAP > with the command > set ... wireless_wpa_psk="This Is My Password" ... > (*with* the quotes).
OK we're getting somewhere, the light has now changed to yellow :) Not sure what that means, but we're not flashing red anymore :) Thanks -- jamesg1979 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jamesg1979's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16824 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57861 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
