[TriLUG] openWRT and wep

[Brian Daniels]

On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 06:59:16PM -0400, Greg Brown wrote:
> Getting WEP to work should be as simple as running four commands:
> nvram set wl0_wep=on
> nvram set wl0_key1=mywepkey
> nvram commit
> reboot (optional)
> 
> Still, though, my openWRT refuses to do it's encryption duty.  Any ideas?
> 
> I even tried to set security_mode=wep, but that didn't help either. 
> I'm missing something basic here, but I think I'm just too darned
> tired to see the glaring obvious error in front of me.
> 
> Greg
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>From my notes;
nvram set security_mode=wep
nvram set wl_key1=DEADBEEF12345DEADBEEF12345
nvram set wl_wep_bit=128
nvram set wl0_wep_bit=128
nvram set wl_wep=enabled
nvram set wl0_wep=on (only needed for older GS?)

HTH,
Brian

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