Re: [NTLK] Wifi Woes

From: Josef Jahn (werewolf_at_playspoon.com)
Date: Thu Jan 06 2005 - 11:44:21 PST

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James Nichols wrote:
> I think it might have to do with the way the Airport systems treat
> "passwords" - I never could convince my Wavelan Turbo Silver card
> running on either my os 9 powerbook or my newton to connect to an
> Airport Extreme base station using any type of password

That's because Apple uses a different algorithm to convert the ascii password into a hex key for WEP. That means you
have to enter the key as HEX values to get it working across Apple and non-Apple equipment - or use WPA ;)

Josef

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