Re: wpa_supplicant and WEP....

From: Eric Schuele (e.schuele_at_computer.org)
Date: 09/30/05

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    Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:36:31 -0500
    To: James Snow <snow+freebsd-current@teardrop.org>
    
    

    James Snow wrote:
    > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 09:56:21AM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote:
    >
    >>I have gotten wpa_supplicant to work fine for WPA-PSK and open sites...
    >>but I would like it to work with WEP as well. it appears to associate
    >>with a WEP site no matter what WEP key I give it. But whether the key
    >>is correct or not... I can not get a response from my DHCP server.
    >>
    >>My wpa_supplicant entry:
    >
    > ...
    >
    >> wep_tx_keyidx=0
    >
    >
    > I would try dropping this line. I use wpa_supplicant to connect to a
    > number of different wireless networks and for the WEP-only ones I've
    > never needed anything more than:
    >
    > ssid=...
    > key_mgmt=NONE
    > wep_key0=...
    >

    Still no go. The wep_key0 is the clear text passphrase, correct? Not
    one of the encrypted keys? right?

    >
    > -Snow
    >
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    Eric
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