Apple Airport and Orinoco AP

[Kevin Brown]

Craig White wrote:
> 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: $12345678901234567890abcdef 
>>
>>Yep, that was one of the things I tried.  Unfortunatly it still doesn't join the 
>>network.  The AP doesn't show the MAC address of the Airport coming up.  Also my 
>>key isn't 13 chars long, but it is 128-bit WEP.  Could this be a problem?
> 
> ----
> I struggled with it for 10 or 15 minutes when I set up my cube with an
> airport card and then I finally found this info. I ended up just using
> the hex values - obviously preceding with the "$" 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.

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.