Re: wep 256 bits encryption

Thank you for the suggestion.

However, it worked before using knetworkmanager (but this has it's own bug).

On 5/4/07, Paolo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 09:39:20AM +0100, Jago Pearce wrote:
> >    I have been using a 256 WEP key for a while now, nd using
> ...
> >    Unfortunately iwconfig truncates my key to 32 characters.
> ...
> >    - Yet I know it is possible because when kwirelessmanager works it is
> >    fine.
> >    How would you guys enter a 256bit key?
> >    If it's relevant I use a 2200bg (my USB wifi adapter freezes
>
> it's well possible that kwm just throws away the extra bits - here's
> what's
> in the code:
>
> #define DCT_WEP_KEY_FIELD_LENGTH 16
> ...
> struct tfd_data {
> ...
>         /* Tx Parameters */
> ...
>         u8 wepkey[DCT_WEP_KEY_FIELD_LENGTH];
>
> which, if I read it correctly, means that wepkey's size is 8 x 16 =
> 128bits.
> So 256bits keys simply won't fit.
> That's from
>
> #define IPW2200_VERSION "1.1.2"
>
> Of course, I may be wrong, or there are ways to combine&use 2keys at
> once...
> --
> paolo
>
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