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TheoMallinson

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August 11th, 2006 13:00

WEP Key entry vs. hex entry

I have a Latitude 610 with the 1370 WLAN mini PCI adapter. I have a WEP wireless network and am trying to get the laptop to connect. I can see the network fine but can't enter the network key successfully - the Linksys router to which I am trying to connect uses an 8 ANSI character string to generate an 8 hex character key (set of four keys actually).
 
The Dell applet only allows a 5 ANSI character string and doesn't show the generated hex key nor can I see how I can enter the hex key directly.
 
Is it possible to enter a hex key directly or do I need to reconfigure all the users in my network to have a shorter key/different encryption scheme?
 
Thanks,
Theo