Re: wep key??

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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:24:21 -0600, Christopher J. Bottaro
<cjbottaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> 
> > hi after installing the drivers for my wireless  and getting it to work
> > i want to secure the connection.  i edit the network device and insert
> > the wep key used
> > i can't connect to my router anymore.
> > should i use a different encryption ( yes i know that wep isn't as
> > secure as others but for simplicity )
> > any help would be appreciated.
> > i would also like to connect to this AP everytime i boot up if i go to
> > a different AP i would like to have a script or a different script i
> > can choose .
> >
> > thanks
> 
> I'm not at my laptop, so this is from memory...
> 
> First off, try restarting your router...=)  If that doesn't work, check your
> wep key, it should be in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and it should be in
> a file that ends with .key or something like that (<wl profile>.key).  I
> think the file is one line:
> KEY=<some hex number>
> 
> The hex number shouldn't have the 0x prefix (I don't think).  The router
> should report the key in plain hex to copy/paste.  I tried using a string
> key, but couldn't get it to work, just using the plain hex worked for me.
> 
> Then its just a matter of ifdown <wl profile> then ifup <wl profile>.
> 
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-- if you could, please post later when you do get a chance to get
infront of your notebook

in my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts   there is a file keys-my network
device name
i've looked at this file and it is the wep key i use in my router. in
the ifcfg-network device i don't see it used  if it is not supposed to
be there then thanks ok,  then how and where is the keys-my device
file get called or used so that the connection can be made to the AP?

Have a nice day :)

James Lawrence
Rochester NY


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