Setting WEP encryption

I've just been giving my neighbour a helping hand in installing a
Netgear DG834GT modem/router for use with his laptop.

The installation went OK and he can now work wirelessly without
problems.

Except -- he wanted to use WEP encryption.

On the Netgear set-up menu I keyed in the 'pass-phrase' and made a note
of the 4 generated keys.

When we connected to the router from the laptop it recognised is as a
'secured' network and popped up a form asking for the key.

Now this is where it goes wrong.

I have tried entering the 'pass-phrase' .... but that didn't work.

I then tried entering all 4 generated keys (as one) ... but that didn't
work either.

There's probably a simple solution to the problem. i.e. a mismatch
between what I'm keying in and what the laptop (Windows XP Home)
expects.

Any ideas? Or some idea of how to proceed?

Thanks.






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Jake ('(E-Mail Removed)' -- just a 'spam trap' address)

Jake wrote:
>
> I've just been giving my neighbour a helping hand in installing a
> Netgear DG834GT modem/router for use with his laptop.
>
> The installation went OK and he can now work wirelessly without problems.
>
> Except -- he wanted to use WEP encryption.
>
> On the Netgear set-up menu I keyed in the 'pass-phrase' and made a note
> of the 4 generated keys.
>
> When we connected to the router from the laptop it recognised is as a
> 'secured' network and popped up a form asking for the key.
>
> Now this is where it goes wrong.
>
> I have tried entering the 'pass-phrase' .... but that didn't work.
>
> I then tried entering all 4 generated keys (as one) ... but that didn't
> work either.
>
> There's probably a simple solution to the problem. i.e. a mismatch
> between what I'm keying in and what the laptop (Windows XP Home) expects.
>
> Any ideas? Or some idea of how to proceed?
>
> Thanks.
>

Just use the first generated key.

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[ste]

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, "[ste parker]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Jake wrote:
>> I've just been giving my neighbour a helping hand in installing a
>>Netgear DG834GT modem/router for use with his laptop.
>> The installation went OK and he can now work wirelessly without
>>problems.
>> Except -- he wanted to use WEP encryption.
>> On the Netgear set-up menu I keyed in the 'pass-phrase' and made a
>>note of the 4 generated keys.
>> When we connected to the router from the laptop it recognised is as
>>a 'secured' network and popped up a form asking for the key.
>> Now this is where it goes wrong.
>> I have tried entering the 'pass-phrase' .... but that didn't work.
>> I then tried entering all 4 generated keys (as one) ... but that
>>didn't work either.
>> There's probably a simple solution to the problem. i.e. a mismatch
>>between what I'm keying in and what the laptop (Windows XP Home)
>>expects.
>> Any ideas? Or some idea of how to proceed?
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>Just use the first generated key.
>
Thanks for that -- I'll give it a try.

As a matter of interest , do you know why it generates 4 keys?


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Jake ('(E-Mail Removed)' -- just a 'spam trap' address)

On 17/01/2007 in message <(E-Mail Removed)> Jake wrote:

>As a matter of interest , do you know why it generates 4 keys?

There's an option (in XP at least) as to which key to use, not sure why -
I always use the first.

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Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
who don't.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> I've just been giving my neighbour a helping hand in installing a
> Netgear DG834GT modem/router for use with his laptop.
>
> The installation went OK and he can now work wirelessly without
> problems.
>
> Except -- he wanted to use WEP encryption.
>
> On the Netgear set-up menu I keyed in the 'pass-phrase' and made a note
> of the 4 generated keys.
>
> When we connected to the router from the laptop it recognised is as a
> 'secured' network and popped up a form asking for the key.
>
> Now this is where it goes wrong.
>
> I have tried entering the 'pass-phrase' .... but that didn't work.
>
> I then tried entering all 4 generated keys (as one) ... but that didn't
> work either.

You need one of the keys only (the default is key number 1), entered
into the PC in hexadecimal. Assuming you are using 128-bit WEP this will
mean thirteen hex pairs eg

11223344556677889900AABBCC

Hexadecimal notation uses numbers 0-9 and letters A-F.
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Regards
Jon

> Any ideas? Or some idea of how to proceed?
>

Yes! Bin WEP and go for WPA-PSK(TKIP) or WPA2-PSK (AES) which is the more
recent standard. If the laptop network card and or router doesn't support
WPA or WPA2 look for a firmware upgrade on the manufacturers website.

OK - appreciate WEP is better than nothing, but it's also pretty easy to
crack with the right software and two laptops.

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Jake
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>I've just been giving my neighbour a helping hand in installing a
>Netgear DG834GT modem/router for use with his laptop.
>
>The installation went OK and he can now work wirelessly without
>problems.
>
>Except -- he wanted to use WEP encryption.
>
>On the Netgear set-up menu I keyed in the 'pass-phrase' and made a note
>of the 4 generated keys.
>
>When we connected to the router from the laptop it recognised is as a
>'secured' network and popped up a form asking for the key.
>
>Now this is where it goes wrong.
>
>I have tried entering the 'pass-phrase' .... but that didn't work.
>
>I then tried entering all 4 generated keys (as one) ... but that didn't
>work either.
>
>There's probably a simple solution to the problem. i.e. a mismatch
>between what I'm keying in and what the laptop (Windows XP Home)
>expects.
>
>Any ideas? Or some idea of how to proceed?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
Just a belated 'thank you' to those of you who responded, for your
advice.

I set it up with 128-bit WEP and all went well.



Thanks.


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Jake ('(E-Mail Removed)' -- just a 'spam trap' address)