ifconfig wi0 "10 number HEX key" arg ? (SOLVED)

[Bill]

--- Tyler Gee <geekout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/27/06, Bill <runfreebsd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Tyler Gee <geekout at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 8/27/06, Bill <runfreebsd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello Family,
> > > >
> > > > I'm on a wifi network where all the other Unix(like) and
> Windows
> > > > laptops seem to be able to pass a "ten" (10) digit number as
> the
> > > > "hex" key.
> > > >
> > > > In the "ifconfig" manpage for FreeBSD-6.1 it states, under the
> > > > stanza for "wepkey" that the number must be 5 or 13 chars long.
> > > >
> > > > The number that is being used for the 10 digit key is:
> > > >
> > > >         1466466946
> > >
> > > Try 0x1466466946
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Tyler,
> >
> > I actually had tried that with the "ifconfig" command and got an
> > error/complaint and by a stroke of luck tried "wicontrol" with the
> > above syntax and it took, so here is my little script that I run
> and it
> > works fine now, thanks for the timely nudge back into the right
> > direction!
> >
> > I'm not exactly sure the "perfect" order of which to set these
> params
> > but it works as it is.  I'm open for any enhancements to the script
> :)
> 
> Well, if it works that is great and I would go with it. :)  I was
> thinking wicontrol is deprecated, but can't actually remember if that
> is true or not.  Just curious, what was the command you were giving
> to
> ifconfig that was giving the error?
>

If I'm not mistaken, in place of the "wicontrol" line, I had:

ifconfig wi0 wepkey 0x1466466946

I would then get a stdout error while the script was running.
I don't have the exact error readily available, I'm not near the
machine and if I log into it from where I'm at and edit the script to
get the error I'm afraid I'll lose the connection during the attempt :)

Will try it again when I get home tonight.

 
> > #####################################################
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > #
> > echo
> > echo "Flushing old routes..." ; echo
> > /sbin/route flush
> >
> > echo "Bringing down old interface..." ; echo
> > /sbin/ifconfig wi0 down
> >
> > echo "Setting up SSID for AP..." ; echo
> > ifconfig wi0 ssid wheatgrass
> >
> > echo "Turning on wepmode..." ; echo
> > ifconfig wi0 wepmode on
> >
> > echo "Setting up static ip of 192.168.1.222" ; echo
> > ifconfig wi0 192.168.1.222 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask
> > 255.255.255.0
> >
> > echo "Brining up interface wi0..." ; echo
> > ifconfig wi0 up
> >
> > echo "Setting up wepkey..." ; echo
> > wicontrol wi0 wepkey 0x1466466946
> >
> > echo "Setting up route to access point of 192.168.1.1 " ; echo
> > route add default 192.168.1.1
> >
> > echo "Let's ping the GW at 192.168.1.1 three times..." ; echo
> > ping -c3 192.168.1.1
> >
> > ##########################################################
> >
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> 
> -- 
> ~Tyler
> 


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