alternative wep configuration utilty?

winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my linksys
config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an alternative.
linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has spyware
in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.

James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my linksys
> config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an alternative.
> linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has spyware
> in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.

I don't think Boingo has spyware. Why would you say that?

What Linksys card do you have? WEP has been available since the
beginning.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

its a WUSB v2.5. i read the spyware info on some web site err think it was
downloads.com reviews or somthing, someone said it had spyware. . anyways
shoudn't it work with at least linksys's util?


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my
>> linksys
>> config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an alternative.
>> linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has
>> spyware
>> in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.
>
> I don't think Boingo has spyware. Why would you say that?
>
> What Linksys card do you have? WEP has been available since the
> beginning.
>
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>

in the linksys util i have three tabs. Link Info, Site servy, About.
the site servy, when i click search, it shows my ssid. when i select the
ssid from the list the Connect button is disabled. why is this button
constatly disabled?
the linksys tech support agent said i need to press that button to enter in
the wep code.


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my
>> linksys
>> config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an alternative.
>> linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has
>> spyware
>> in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.
>
> I don't think Boingo has spyware. Why would you say that?
>
> What Linksys card do you have? WEP has been available since the
> beginning.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>

James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> its a WUSB v2.5. i read the spyware info on some web site err think it was
> downloads.com reviews or somthing, someone said it had spyware. . anyways
> shoudn't it work with at least linksys's util?

A WUSB what? There are 6 current Linksys WUSB... devices.

One reviewer on downloads.com says he had a virus after downloading Boingo.
One other (maybe the same one) said it ruined his BIOS.
Hmmm.

If nothing else, Boingo is a legitmate business. This isn't a false
website propogating viruses.

At one point, I thought that Boingo software wouldn't let me connect to
hotspots that weren't Boingo, but it's different from that.

They "partner" with various hotspot operators. They don't have a network
of their own. So if I wander up to Joe's pizza, who offers WiFi from some
WiFi provider who happens to be a Boingo partner, the Boingo software is
going to try to automatically log in there, using my Boingo account, which
I don't have. I think you can get around that by creating a specific
profile for that hotspot, but it's not obvious.

It does allow various WEP keys for different SSIDs and it allows setting
static IP addresses for some SSIDs, with DHCP for others, which is what I
wanted.

But it takes up 28MB of RAM, and I don't need it most of the time. I just
use WinXP built-in tools. I start Boingo when I need it.

> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:da1e5q$eo1$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my
>>> linksys
>>> config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an alternative.
>>> linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has
>>> spyware
>>> in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.
>>
>> I don't think Boingo has spyware. Why would you say that?
>>
>> What Linksys card do you have? WEP has been available since the
>> beginning.
>>
>> --
>> ---
>> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>>



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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

wusb11 v2.5
the review was on this page:
http://netscape.com.com/Boingo-Wirel...-10342073.html
search for spyware
but after reading the replys, the person said its not true..
but then again i don't want to load 28MB's into memory just to enable wep.
any ideas?

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:da1kic$kv2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> its a WUSB v2.5. i read the spyware info on some web site err think it
>> was
>> downloads.com reviews or somthing, someone said it had spyware. . anyways
>> shoudn't it work with at least linksys's util?
>
> A WUSB what? There are 6 current Linksys WUSB... devices.
>
> One reviewer on downloads.com says he had a virus after downloading
> Boingo.
> One other (maybe the same one) said it ruined his BIOS.
> Hmmm.
>
> If nothing else, Boingo is a legitmate business. This isn't a false
> website propogating viruses.
>
> At one point, I thought that Boingo software wouldn't let me connect to
> hotspots that weren't Boingo, but it's different from that.
>
> They "partner" with various hotspot operators. They don't have a network
> of their own. So if I wander up to Joe's pizza, who offers WiFi from some
> WiFi provider who happens to be a Boingo partner, the Boingo software is
> going to try to automatically log in there, using my Boingo account, which
> I don't have. I think you can get around that by creating a specific
> profile for that hotspot, but it's not obvious.
>
> It does allow various WEP keys for different SSIDs and it allows setting
> static IP addresses for some SSIDs, with DHCP for others, which is what I
> wanted.
>
> But it takes up 28MB of RAM, and I don't need it most of the time. I just
> use WinXP built-in tools. I start Boingo when I need it.
>
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:da1e5q$eo1$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>> winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my
>>>> linksys
>>>> config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an
>>>> alternative.
>>>> linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has
>>>> spyware
>>>> in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.
>>>
>>> I don't think Boingo has spyware. Why would you say that?
>>>
>>> What Linksys card do you have? WEP has been available since the
>>> beginning.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ---
>>> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>>>
>
>
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:25:10 GMT, "James" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my linksys
>config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an alternative.
>linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has spyware
>in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.

Rewind, start over.

My guess(tm) is what is happening is that you're inscribing the wrong
WEP key into the XP Wireless Zero Config abomination. XP will try
every combination and permutation of 64/128bit (not 256bit) ASCII and
Hex keys until it finds something. The problem is that it doesn't
tell you that it fails. It will sit there with an initial connect
message, followed by "acquiring IP address". The "acquiring IP
address" is misleading as it hasn't negotiated the WEP at that point.
Eventually, if the WEP key is wrong, it will time out with a "limited
connectivity" message. Most people think that it failed to "get an IP
address" or that something is wrong with DHCP. However, it's the WEP
key.

The problem seems to be in the conversion from ASCII to hex. There
are two algorithms in use. Linksys uses one and DLink the other. If
you type in an ASCII key in the router config, try writing down or
cut-n-paste the Hex key that it generates. Then, use that in the XP
WZC key. I bypass the problem by simply using a Hex key, which
requires no conversion, and which works every time.

Also, there's no spyware in Boingo. It works quite well and my mouse
driver is bigger than the Boingo client. Bloatware is still in
fashion.

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Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

yeah i was copying and pasting the wep key. i tried them all. linksys tech
support said since the adapter is old, it might be incompatiable with
windows xp's zero wifi config service or sp2. i gave up. i tried another
adapter i had. its a version wusb11 version 1. (it doesn't say a version
really) and it works if i give it a static ip, dyamnic doesn't seem to work
with it for some reason. anyways i spent too long with the 2.5 version
trying to get it to work. the version 1 has all the tabs in the linksys util
and thats the program i use with it. i coudn't get WZC to use version 1
adapter either. owell..


"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:25:10 GMT, "James" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>winxp's wifi app disconnects after 30 seconds if wep is enabled. my
>>linksys
>>config utily doesn't have an option for wep. anyone know an alternative.
>>linksys support refered me to boingo.com but that seems like it has
>>spyware
>>in it. anyone have a suggestion? i think its a prisum chipset.
>
> Rewind, start over.
>
> My guess(tm) is what is happening is that you're inscribing the wrong
> WEP key into the XP Wireless Zero Config abomination. XP will try
> every combination and permutation of 64/128bit (not 256bit) ASCII and
> Hex keys until it finds something. The problem is that it doesn't
> tell you that it fails. It will sit there with an initial connect
> message, followed by "acquiring IP address". The "acquiring IP
> address" is misleading as it hasn't negotiated the WEP at that point.
> Eventually, if the WEP key is wrong, it will time out with a "limited
> connectivity" message. Most people think that it failed to "get an IP
> address" or that something is wrong with DHCP. However, it's the WEP
> key.
>
> The problem seems to be in the conversion from ASCII to hex. There
> are two algorithms in use. Linksys uses one and DLink the other. If
> you type in an ASCII key in the router config, try writing down or
> cut-n-paste the Hex key that it generates. Then, use that in the XP
> WZC key. I bypass the problem by simply using a Hex key, which
> requires no conversion, and which works every time.
>
> Also, there's no spyware in Boingo. It works quite well and my mouse
> driver is bigger than the Boingo client. Bloatware is still in
> fashion.
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> yeah i was copying and pasting the wep key. i tried them all. linksys tech
> support said since the adapter is old, it might be incompatiable with
> windows xp's zero wifi config service or sp2. i gave up. i tried another

I did that with an SMC7004WFW router. Worked fine with Win2000 clients,
but would lose WiFi to WinXP clients within a couple of hours of connect.
I took it to work and put it in a lab for some tests. It'll run
Windows2000 clients for days. I connect a WinXP laptop to check on the
tests, and if I forget to disconnect, it locks up in a couple of hours.

Netgear WGB511 802.11g Wireless Networking Kit
WGR614v4 Router and WG511 CardBus card that I have.
$74.99 - $35 = $39.99 for the pair. Today it's $69.99.
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