Redwood Asylum (emeritus)
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Saturday, December 21, 2002
WEP Key Woes
[Post backdated to 12/21/02]
Spent much time messing with WEP security key to get Windows XP machine back on our wireless network at the house. I'd forgotten that the machine was not tested when we revised the security keys on the Windows 2000 and Powerbook OS X Jaguar laptops. Since I could find no way to enter a hexadecimal WEP key in Windows XP, I had to use an ASCII text key. Since the hex WEP key used on the other machines could not be rendered in ASCII, I had to select a new key. I then had to change the WEP key on the Windows 2000 and Powerbook laptops to match. That leaves the Linux laptop still needing rework. I did not make notes when son Bryan set up the WEP key on that one. Guess I'll have to wait until the next time he comes by to change it. All of this just so I could easily move some MPEG files between the machines as part of Pinnacle Studio 8 capture testing. Sigh...
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Saturday, December 21, 2002WEP Key Woes
[Post backdated to 12/21/02]
Spent much time messing with WEP security key to get Windows XP machine back on our wireless network at the house. I'd forgotten that the machine was not tested when we revised the security keys on the Windows 2000 and Powerbook OS X Jaguar laptops. Since I could find no way to enter a hexadecimal WEP key in Windows XP, I had to use an ASCII text key. Since the hex WEP key used on the other machines could not be rendered in ASCII, I had to select a new key. I then had to change the WEP key on the Windows 2000 and Powerbook laptops to match. That leaves the Linux laptop still needing rework. I did not make notes when son Bryan set up the WEP key on that one. Guess I'll have to wait until the next time he comes by to change it. All of this just so I could easily move some MPEG files between the machines as part of Pinnacle Studio 8 capture testing. Sigh...
11:00:00 PM