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William,
I get a shock to know that the passphrase -> wep key is non-standard.
However, I have used this method successfully on various devices on
notebook pcs, i.e., ORiNOCO, IBM, Toshiba, Sony, Netgear, Dell,..etc.
I tried to store the 128-bit wep key in a text file but found it did
not work. Typing 26 charaters accurately twice is not easy and even
thoght I type it right but Windows XP still did not work. However,
the said method proves workable every time so far.
Ray
William P.N. Smith wrote in message news:<ur7gd0p4v51ps0g5581kp168cnkq5nd76p@4ax.com>...
> ray282828@yahoo.com.hk (Ray) wrote:
> >type the hex key in the client pc and found the results were
> >unreliable for whatever reason. Now, I use a wep key generator on
> >internet and copy it to clipboard and paste the key in. It works
> >100%.
>
> The problem with passphrases is that the passphrase generation isn't
> standardized between vendors, (or likely between Internet generators),
> so they don't interoperate well.
>
> If you look at the source of the WWWebpage that generates your keys
> for you, you might be able to deconvolve the code and get your
> passphrase back, either manually or by writing new code. [Yeah, it's
> non-trivial.]
>
> I'd ask why you trust some random Webpage to {make,store,save,share}
> keys for you, but that's a rathole.
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