Have you tried using a "$" sign /or 0x (Zero x) in front of hex characters to make the string recognized as a hexadecimal? There will be some character that delineates that the string is hex rather than ASCII.
On Dec 1, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Jerri Martine Roy wrote: > Nope on the WEP setting on our Tivo S2 it will not accept the hex key > at all, it has to be the passphrase. The hex key must be put into my > computers to work but it will not work on the Tivo. > > --- In [email protected], MegaZone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Once upon a time Jerri Martine Roy shaped the electrons to say... >>> The Tivo wants the Passphrase used not the hexadecimal key that it >>> generates so just use whatever was input into the router. >> >> Actually quite the opposite. Using the Hex key is always the way to >> go for WEP. The pa-phrase is turned into a Hex key anyway, but there >> are different ways to do that and they're not all compatible. So you >> can enter the exact same passphrase on two devices and have them fail >> to connect. But Hex is standard and if the same Hex is entered on >> multiple units it should always work. >> >> For WPA the passphrase handling was standardized so it should work >> fine. >> >> -MZ >> -- >> megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, > Human, me. >> http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- > Hail Eris >> "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" > 508-852-2171 >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
