Re: [AFMUG] Unifi AP passphrase change

[Bill Prince]

WEP predates the "passphrase" concept. Back then, there was a hexadecimal key, which was impossible to remember unless you made up something clever.

Passphrase did not come in until WPA days. Now there is WPA1, WPA2.

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On 7/24/2020 9:28 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

Oh, right, “passphrase” was a WEP thing.  So people didn’t have to think up a 10 digit hexadecimal password.

 

I used to tell people to use their 10 digit phone number.  Most people can’t handle the concept of choosing from 0123456789ABCDEF.

 

Did you ever play the game of who could come up with the longest word that could be spelled in hex?  Like C0C0A or EE1EE10 or CAFEBABE?  I wonder if that’s what Trump was trying to do with COVFEFE.

 

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 10:46 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Unifi AP passphrase change

 

password = login credentials like GUI/CLI

passphrase = used to translate into WEP keys

network key/security key/pin = the code required for WPS

PSK = what customers call the "wireless password"

 

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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:41 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:

I don't use Unifi.  But sometimes router manufacturers use the term
"passphrase" to mean the actual WPA security key, but sometimes it's just a
human friendly passphrase that you then click on a generate button to create
an actual, complex WPA key which you then save in the config.  Could this be
what's happening?

I wish the industry would settle on a single term instead of a long list
including password, passphrase, network key, security key, etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 10:20 AM
To: AFMUG <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: [AFMUG] Unifi AP passphrase change


We have a Unifi AP in our home, which has been working very well. I went to
change the passphrase on it today, and it seemed to take it. However, all of
our devices are still connected using the old passphrase. We've rebooted
both the WAP, and several of the devices, but nothing seems to have changed?

Am I missing something here (well, duh)?


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