Re: [NTLK] WiFi cards - which one is more compatible?

From: Carlos Pessoa Filho <carlos.pf_at_mac.com>
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 12:17:39 EDT

Morgan,

Thanks for you input. I will ask the network administrator for the hex
string. I am positive that what i have now is the password.
How difficult it is to include the password field in the driver? Does
Hiroshi plan to continue his development?

Thanks,
Carlos

On Oct 10, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Morgan Aldridge wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Carlos Pessoa Filho <carlos.pf@mac.com
> > wrote:
>>
>
> The Lucent WaveLAN Gold is the same as the WaveLAN Silver except that
> in addition to supporting 40/64-bit WEP, it also supports 104/128-bit
> WEP. The Gold card which you already have is all you should need.
>
> If your office is using WEP and not WPA/WPA2, then you should be able
> to enter the wireless key and it should work. Do note that Hiroshi's
> WaveLAN driver doesn't support entering a WEP password, you must enter
> the WEP key (a hexadecimal string) instead.
>
> You might have to ask your admin at work for the hex key, or go into
> the router admin software to determine what it is.
>
> Morgan Aldridge
> ---
> morgant@makkintosshu.com
> http://www.makkintosshu.com/
>

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