[Nottingham] WEP with DHCP

Cam camilo at mesias.co.uk
Mon Sep 12 18:00:56 BST 2005


Jo

>>Does anyone know how to configure DHCP to supply the WEP key for wireless
>>along with the IP address?
> 
> 
> Doesn't handing out the WEP key to any who care to ask sort of defeat
> the point of WEP?

The server can't talk to the client until the network is 'up'... so 
unless you can do it in two stages (with a secure and an insecure 
network?) it's a non starter.

Otherwise you could tell the server to give the key to certain devices, 
based on MAC address or something. But the amount of administration 
would be the same as putting the key onto the devices.

-Cam



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