On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 11:48 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> But the associated question do you really want to set the WEP encryption > >> code in hex rather than in ASCII, which is another option. > > > > He needs to be sure he matches the setting used on the AP. It won't > > work if he uses the wrong type in the applet. That said, most APs don't > > use ASCII passphrases (it was an older lucent thing), so I'd expect it > > to be a hex key, most likely. > > That's not necessarily true. There's a difference between "WEP Password", > "40/128 ASCII" and "40/128 HEX". In the former case you do need to make > sure that the AP is set up for a password, and you'd better hope that > the AP uses the same string-to-key as NM. But in the latter cases, you're > just defining a key directly. The only difference is whether you're > supplying the key in hex or via the ascii character codes. E.g., to > enter a hex 'digit' of 41 you could just enter an ascii "A". This does > not require any special configuration on the AP, because you could use > 'AAAAA' and '4141414141' interchangably in NM. I am confused as usual. You are seeming to say that 40/128 ASCII passphrase are for APs that already have a passwphrase stored in their memory.
But then things get confusing. Are you saying that a 40/128 HEX passphrase can actually change the passphrase stored in the AP? -- ======================================================================= I can't stand squealers; hit that guy. -- Albert Anastasia ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
