Re: WEP

On 04 Dec 2008 09:20:47 -0500, sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Samuel M. Goldwasser) wrote:

rebel <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On 03 Dec 2008 19:51:45 -0500, sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Samuel M. Goldwasser) wrote:

Meat Plow <meat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:21:43 -0500, Claude Hopper
<boobooililililil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

I do not have WPA on my old wireless router. I never could set up WEP
and still can't with VISTA. The goddamn thing will either not connect or
connect with limited access and cannot connect to the internet.
I have tried 64 bit and 128 it. I've tried 5 or 13 characters and 10 or
26 characters hex. Why won't this crap work right? I connect fine with
it disabled on both ends.

WEP and Vista get along fine. Also used WEP on a laptop with Ubuntu
8.10 linux. My guess it's time for a new wireless router or a firmware
update.

Never had a problem with WEP on namebrand routers. Win98 through XP.

Sam, do you recall which ones you used for WEP under 98?

Probably D-Link. But why should WEP care about the OS?

Because the issues with getting WEP operating properly under 98 are frequent and
apparently vary by brand of router or wireless NIC.
.

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