Apple Airport and Orinoco AP

[Kevin Brown]

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?