[Gllug] Wi-fi keys

[Andy McGarty]

>
> Basically, there are three Linux laptops which have no problems  
> accepting and
> using the passphrase (which is about 40 characters) but Vista [1] seems  
> to be
> insisting on the 13 character ASCII verion. I've found plenty of places
> online to generate random keys, or map ASCII to the HEX, but had no luck
> finding out how to get the ASCII key from either the passphrase or HEX
> string.
>
> Does anyone know of the method, or a site/app which will do it for me,  
> or even
> better of a way to get Vista to act like a decent OS and accept a  
> passphrase?
>
> Thanks
>
Try using this site to convert the passphrase to 13 hex characters (128  
bit)

http://www.powerdog.com/wepkey.cgi

Andy
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