On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 23:55, Kevin Brown wrote:
> 
> I don't have control or access to the AP, but I watched the Admin of the AP put 
> the MAC address into the AP.  I tried using the $, but right after doing so 
> realized it wouldn't work because the passphrase contains alphanumeric digits 
> outside those allowed by Hex (0-9, abcdef).  Sure enough, finish typing it in, 
> hit enter and immediately get told it can't join the specified network.  Sigh, 
> linux was a lot easier to learn than this, heheh.
> 
-----
Well, on the Linksys wireless base stations (I think BEFS41 or something
like that), it allows you to enter a text string which it hashes to a 26
byte (for 128 bit WEP) hex and shows you the result on screen. I have to
believe that is what all of them would do with a text string which means
that it probably isn't too reliable to use a text string among differing
manufacturers.

Craig