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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Associating to a recent version Bell ADSL modem / router

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Associating to a recent version Bell ADSL modem / router
  • From: Stephen Gregory <oclug [ at ] kernelpanic [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 08:23:28 -0500
> Mode: Infrastructure
> MTU: Automatic
> Security: WEP

Is there any reason you aren't using WPA2? WEP is effectively useless.


> Key type: Hex or Ascii (*_not_* a passphrase)
> Key: 26 decimal digits

WEP keys can be tricky. One configuration may be expecting a 13 char
string. Another may be expecting a 26 digit hex number. Either way the
key is exactly 13 bytes long.


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sg