
10-20-2006, 01:58 PM
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Re: New laptop, having trouble with WiFi
Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> "Squeff" <squeffrey@gmail.com> hath wroth:
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> >Jeff Liebermann wrote:
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> >> Try again, this time using the Hexadecimal version of the WEP key
> >> instead of the ASCII version. There are problems with some products
> >> converting from ASCII to Hex. Hex always works.
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> >Thanks, but my key is already in hex. In fact, it's a key that's the
> >same in both ASCII and Hex.
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> Impossible. The hex and ascii keys are different lengths.
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> Type of key Length (chars)
> 64 bit ASCII 5
> 54 bit Hex 10
> 128 bit ASCII 13
> 128 bit Hex 26
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> Your PEG-T55 is determining whether the key is Hex or ASCII by the
> length of the key, not by its contents. The key should be 10 or 26
> characters long, which will always be Hex. If it's 5 or 13 characters
> long, it's always ASCII, no matter what characters you use.
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What I meant was....
My key is something like 1212121212. That's 10 digits. It's hex. |