Apple Airport and Orinoco AP

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 22:44, Kevin Brown wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 19:33, Kevin Brown wrote:
> > 
> >>My new Apple Notebook came with an Airport Wireless Nic.  I've been trying to 
> >>get it to work with my Orinoco Gold AP at home (128-bit WEP enabled, Specific 
> >>MAC addresses only).
> >>
> >>I select my SSID and the "password" (which should be the text needed to generate 
> >>the 128-bit key).  Unfortunately it can't attach to the network.
> >>
> >>I have tried putting "" around the passphrase, but that doesn't work.
> >>
> >> From what I've been able to find with google, this should work together, but 
> >>the only way I have found to configure the settings is with the gui.  All I can 
> >>enter is the Name of the Wireless Network and a password in the gui.
> >>
> > 
> >>From Apple Support
> > ------------------
> > AirPort client to third-party base station
> > 
> > If you want to join a non-Apple encrypted wireless network from a
> > computer with an AirPort card, you must use one of two different styles
> > for password entry; and it must be the one chosen by the network
> > administrator. They are:
> > 
> >       1. ASCII password
> >       If you were given a password that may be plain language,
> > containing characters from the full range of ASCII, use the double
> > quotation mark (") before and after the password. These are
> > case-sensitive, and they are five characters long for 40-bit encrypted
> > networks or 13 characters long for 128-bit encrypted networks.
> > 
> >       Example of 40-bit: "pw123"
> >       Example of 128-bit: "password12345"
> > 
> >       2. Hexadecimal password
> >       If you were given a password that uses only the hexadecimal range
> > of characters (which are: abcdef0123456789), put a dollar sign ($)
> > before the password. These passwords are 10 characters long for 40-bit
> > encrypted networks or 26 characters long for 128-bit encrypted networks.
> > In a hexadecimal password, the dollar sign is called the Hex Escape. It
> > notifies the software that the characters that follow it should be
> > treated as a hexadecimal number. Other possible hex escapes are "0x" and
> > "0X" (zero-x, and the "x" may be upper or lower case).
> > 
> >       Example of 40-bit: $1234abcdef
> > Example of 128-bit: $12345678901234567890abcdef 
> 
> Yep, that was one of the things I tried.  Unfortunatly it still doesn't join the 
> network.  The AP doesn't show the MAC address of the Airport coming up.  Also my 
> key isn't 13 chars long, but it is 128-bit WEP.  Could this be a problem?
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I struggled with it for 10 or 15 minutes when I set up my cube with an
airport card and then I finally found this info. I ended up just using
the hex values - obviously preceding with the "$" and it worked.

You might want to turn off the MAC restriction for a moment while
testing just to see if it's completely ignoring the MAC because it isn't
already in the table.

Craig