[Solved] airport and encryption

2004-09-18 Thread Adam Done
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 11:23, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Adam Done wrote: > > > > > I got connected to the base station and can ping my LAN but I can't ping > > anything on the Internet yet. The /etc/resolv.conf file has the proper > > DNS addresses and with eth0 active I can connect

Note : airport extreme & linux [Was: Re: airport and encryption]

2004-09-18 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
As a rider to this the latest Airport Extreme Base Station software _does not_ show a hex key to access the base station. Apple do something non-standard in the way they generate this key. The only way I have found to learn the key is to re-setup the base station using the Setup Utility. This will

Re: airport and encryption - ALMOST FIXED

2004-09-18 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Adam Done wrote: > > I got connected to the base station and can ping my LAN but I can't ping > anything on the Internet yet. The /etc/resolv.conf file has the proper > DNS addresses and with eth0 active I can connect to the Internet. Route > is properly configured but the D

Re: airport and encryption - ALMOST FIXED

2004-09-18 Thread Adam Done
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 06:40, Dean Hamstead wrote: > I dont know if the silver base station can handle 128, > youd need to check it on the apple website, but > the airport card in your computer can handle 128. so > based on that i would say that the basestation can aslo. > > are you sure your putti

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-18 Thread Adam Done
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 00:02, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > Base Station > > Firmware Version: V3.84 > > Wireless Channel: 11 > > Wireless Security: 40 bit WEP > > Public (WAN) IP Adress: 10.1.12.69 > > > > > Airport Card: I just updated it with Apple's Software Update utility > > today. > > > >

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-18 Thread Dean Hamstead
Base Station Firmware Version: V3.84 Wireless Channel: 11 Wireless Security: 40 bit WEP Public (WAN) IP Adress: 10.1.12.69 Airport Card: I just updated it with Apple's Software Update utility today. # iwconfig eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"wnet" Nickname:"HERMES I" Mod

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-18 Thread Adam Done
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 20:00, James Gibbs wrote: > On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 18:13, Adam Done wrote: > > I have been setting up my wireless using apples airport. So far I have > > been able to access the base station with an open network but when I try > > to access with a close network and 40bit encry

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-18 Thread Adam Done
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 19:59, Dean Hamstead wrote: > what are the contents of your > /etc/network/interfaces > > file? > > im sure you can get this working. > > sned the contents of the file. make sure the base station > is plugged in correctly and make sure your network settings > are correct fo

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-17 Thread James Gibbs
On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 18:13, Adam Done wrote: > I have been setting up my wireless using apples airport. So far I have > been able to access the base station with an open network but when I try > to access with a close network and 40bit encryption I am locked out. > > > in the /etc/network/inter

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
what are the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file? im sure you can get this working. sned the contents of the file. make sure the base station is plugged in correctly and make sure your network settings are correct for your local network (obviously 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 wont be abl

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-17 Thread Adam Done
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 04:24, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > I can't believe it. LOL.. That was sooo simple for the key. I totally > > misread the man page (oups) with the [2] at the end of the example of of > > the s:password. All this time I had not thought of the 'password' is > > the password of the

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-17 Thread Adam Done
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 06:38, Paul TT wrote: > On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:13:26 -0700 > Adam Done <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I am at a loss to access a close protected airport base station. I did > > a man iwconfig to learn how to use the password. Does anyone have any > > good sujest

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
I can't believe it. LOL.. That was sooo simple for the key. I totally misread the man page (oups) with the [2] at the end of the example of of the s:password. All this time I had not thought of the 'password' is the password of the base station. (Hanging my head down low) lol Now since it accep

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-17 Thread Adam Done
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 02:30, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > hello adam... > > * Adam Done <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-09-17 09:19 +0200]: > > I have been setting up my wireless using apples airport. So far I have > > been able to access the base station with an open network but when I try > > to acces

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-17 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello adam... * Adam Done <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-09-17 09:19 +0200]: > I have been setting up my wireless using apples airport. So far I have > been able to access the base station with an open network but when I try > to access with a close network and 40bit encryption I am locked out. > >

Re: airport and encryption oups

2004-09-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
see the man page for iwconfig man iwconfig passphrases arent supported the s: prefix allows you to use an ascii key rather than a hex key. Dean Adam Done wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 18:41, Dean Hamstead wrote: WAP not WEP 'wireless access point' LOL. I had to chuckle for mistaking that.

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-16 Thread Adam Done
On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 17:17, Dean Hamstead wrote: > i dont think MacOSX will be much help trying to get > wireless going in linux. > > what WAP are you using? > Using 40 WEP set on the orrig base station. > Dean > > Adam Done wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 17:09, Dean Hamstead wrote: > >

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
i dont think MacOSX will be much help trying to get wireless going in linux. what WAP are you using? Dean Adam Done wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 17:09, Dean Hamstead wrote: well my understanding is that the 'password'/secret is just a human interface ontop of normal encruption keys i wouldn

Re: airport and encryption

2004-09-16 Thread Scott Henson
Adam Done <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been setting up my wireless using apples airport. So far I have > been able to access the base station with an open network but when I try > to access with a close network and 40bit encryption I am locked out. > > > in the /etc/network/interfaces >

airport and encryption

2004-09-16 Thread Adam Done
I have been setting up my wireless using apples airport. So far I have been able to access the base station with an open network but when I try to access with a close network and 40bit encryption I am locked out. in the /etc/network/interfaces wireless_essid net-name wireless_ke