[ltp] Cisco Aironet 350 Mini PCI on an R40 running SuSE 9

[Mike Evans]

Fabrice Bellet wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:47:39AM -0700, Mike Evans wrote:
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>>   iwconfig eth1 key s:mypass
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>I don't know how iwconfig does the transformation from the ASCII
>string "mypass" to the 64 or 128 bits WEP key. Usually, this algorithm 
>is highly dependent of the vendor, so the only solution to achieve
>interoperability with such hardware is to enter the WEP key in 
>hexadecimal form, to avoid confusion. Most AP give an access to the 
>raw hexadecimal string of their WEP key.
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>Best wishes,
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Thanks, I'll try that.  Will iwconfig know whether the key I enter is 
128 or 64 bit, or do I have to specify it explicitly?