Darren Kenny wrote: >Hi Halton, > >I believe that Solaris (it's not specific to NWAM) only supports 64-bit WEP at >the moment, at least that's what is documented in the dladm manpage under >create-secobj: > > Currently, the classes wep and wpa are supported. The > WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key can be either 5 or 13 > bytes long. > 128-bit WEP works in Solaris, see above, 13 bytes means 128-bit WEP. Please disable nwam, and try dladm, this will help to figure out the problem.
-- Quaker >It can be provided either as an ASCII or > hexadecimal string -- thus, 12345" and "0x3132333435 are > equivalent 5-byte keys (the 0x prefix can be omitted). A > file containing a WEP key must consist of a single line > using either WEP key format. The WPA (Wi-Fi Protected > Access) key must be provided as an ASCII string with a > length between 8 and 63 bytes. > >But I think it's much more likely to depend on what our drivers are capable of >too. > >>From my readings[1] 256-bit WEP is not standard, and is limited to specific >>vendors. > >If you really want a higher level of security, I think WPA[2] might be what you >want, this is also supported on Solaris and NWAM now, and supports up to >256-bit, AFAIK. > >Thanks, > >Darren. > >[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy >[2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access > >Halton Huo wrote: > > >>[ Please keep me in cc list, I'm not in this alias] >> >>Hi, >> >>As title, I set 64-bit WEP on my AP, my OpenSolaris(b99) is able to >>connect. When I switch to 128-bit WEP on AP, my box can not connect. (I >>input the 26 hex string in the dialog). >> >>Any ideas? >> >>Thanks, >>Halton. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>nwam-discuss mailing list >>nwam-discuss at opensolaris.org >>http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/nwam-discuss >> >> >_______________________________________________ >nwam-discuss mailing list >nwam-discuss at opensolaris.org >http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/nwam-discuss > >
