Subject: Re: trouble with wireless
To: syamajala@gamebox.net <syamajala@gamebox.net>
From: Svend Sorensen <ssorensen@gmail.com>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 09/18/2006 17:13:10
On 9/18/06, syamajala wrote:
> hi! i have a compaq wl100 wireless card that i'm trying to get
> working with my network. I am wondering if the hpcmips ports supports
> 128 bit wep encryption. I can't seem to get the system to connect
> through my access point with wep, but if i setup my imac as a
> wireless access point without wep it works. i'd really like to use my
> linksys one though because i have a few of them spread out through
> out the area. anyone know how to fix this?

Only the Wavelan Gold supports 104 bit WEP keys (128-bit encryption).
Since both 40 and 104 bit WEP keys are easy to crack, you might as
well go with the shorter key length for compatibility.