Dlink-g520 Wireless and WEP

[scott renna]

Error in the mail, my mistake
inet is there when I run the command
--- "Andrew L. Gould" <algould at datawok.com> wrote:

> On Friday 22 October 2004 10:21 pm, scott renna
> wrote:
> > So,
> >
> > Thanks to a fellow list member I got my 5.2.1
> System
> > to see my Dlink card.  The trouble now I'm having
> > involves setting up WEP.  I am currently running
> WEP
> > on a Netgear Wireless router 802.11b.  The Dlink
> does
> > 802.11b/g. Here's what I'm running into when
> turning
> > on WEP.  The router has a 26 character string for
> > 128-bit WEP that I created via a passphrase. 
> Windows
> > takes it and works well wirelessly but when I
> > configure my card, here's wha t happens on BSD:
> >
> >  ifconfig ath0 192.168.2.175 netmask 255.255.255.0
> > ssid SSID_NAME wepmode on wepkey
> > 0xyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> >
> > Assume the first 0x means hex and the rest is the
> key
> > name.  Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> > scotty
> >
> 
> There should be the term 'inet' between 'ath0' and
> the IP address:
> 
> ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.2.175 netmask
> 255.255.255.0 .....
> 
> Is this an error in the email or in the
> configuration?
> 
> Andrew Gould
> 


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