WEP Keys For Wireless 802.11g Cardbus Adapters

Robert L Cochran cochranb at speakeasy.net
Tue Sep 30 11:41:14 UTC 2003


Thanks! To start with I want to be able to walk into a T-Mobile Hotspot 
location and log on and internet while sipping my coffee. I can't 
remember if the Hotspots provide WEP security.

Bob


Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 08:01, Robert L Cochran wrote:
> 
>>For the SMC model SMC2835W ("2.4 GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter") 
>>card, how do I actually derive or develop the WEP keys to use? I'm 
>>confused about that. Or do I just enter random hex digits in the keys? 
>>Thanks for any and all help.
>>
> 
> You normally set the WEP key to be the same as your Wireless Access
> Point, AFAIK. Any random sequence would do too, though the WAP software
> should have a utility for generating keys from keyphrases.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Michel
> 
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