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From: "Jens Glathe" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: AmbiCom 802.11b report
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:40:49 est5edt
To: "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:25:55 est5edt, Neil Waldhauer wrote:

Hi!

>I got an AmbiCom 802.11b PCMCIA card to work with the drivers from Jens'
>private beta. It connects beautifully, at 11 Mbs.
>
>One question: We have not yet got encryption working. It works without
>encryption, but when we try to set up our shared key, then we do not get a
>connection. In fact, we don't really see how to set up a SHARED_KEY connection.

This can be tricky. Most of the time the problem is not the authentication type (OPEN_SYSTEM or
SHARED_KEY, most Access Points support both), but how you define the keys. The Key must be 13
printable charachters or 26 hex numbers with a leading '0x'. If you forget the '0x', then WifiStat will take the first
13 hex numbers as printable characters, and that's a different key.

>We can set SHARED_KEY using MPTS, but we see no way to set it up using
>WifiStat.Exe.

This is correct, you can't set the authetication algorithm with MPTS.

with best regards

Jens Glathe.

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