Weird iwl3945 wireless problem
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Mon Jun 23 13:21:34 UTC 2008
Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>
> That's partly right. I read Mikkel's post as claiming that the '0x'
> prefix was required for NM, which is not correct.
>
> s-c-n and friends have only one way to enter a key and no way to specify
> its type, so to distinguish hex from ascii, you need the starting '0x'
> character. Otherwise ascii 'd3adb33f' and hex 'd3adb33f' would be
> indistinguishable.
>
> NM WEP has the pulldown menu to specify the key type. So you can choose
> whether the key you enter is a passphrase or a hex key.
>
Thats what I get for trying to do it from memory. That is why I
qualified it in my answer - I was not sure if I was remembering it
correctly - I wasn't, so I am glad you corrected me.
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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