Re: Clarification of key terminaology.

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Ryan Novosielski wrote:

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> ASCII and hex keys go together in that one is just the opposite
> representation of the other. I believe 40-bit is 5 chars long in ASCII
> and 128-bit is 13 chars, but I could be messing that up. I have no idea
> what the passphrase one is, but it's not something I can use.

What AP do you have?  Every consumer AP sold in the last 5 years uses WEP 
passphrases, not ASCII keys.  Chances are that you have encountered passphrases 
before, but since the WEP key situation is so confusing, you may not know it.

Dan

> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > I am still unclear as to what is the difference between ASCII key and a
> > passphrase? Can the latter have blanks in it or what?
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