Robert Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Im having problem setting up the home network wifi connection. Everything is fine until i have to enter my WEP key then i get lost. The WEP key is on the the bottom of my router but the key won't work on the N80 as it is too short. The key on my router is 13 digits long but thats too short for the 128bit WEP and too long for the 64bit WEP settings. Any ideas what to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 You sure you have WEP key written on bottom of your router? 13 digits number on mine is serial number, not WEP. Heck, I do not have anything about WEP on any sticker around router Edit: Found in help section of my 3COM router: Key Generation Method: ASCII — This method is supported by some adapter cards running under Windows XP. The string must be exactly 5 characters for 64 bit WEP and 13 characters for 128 bit WEP. You must enter a separate string for each of the 4 Keys. You can leave a string blank so long as this Key is not selected as the Active Transmit Key. So 13 digits is proper for 128bit WEP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 thanks man, i kept changing from ascii to hex thats why it wouldn't accept my WEP key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 hi robert, that could well be the mac for the phone which you may need to add on the routers "safe" list before you can connect to it - oh and the wep key could be generated on the router config (most allow you to enter a word which is then represented in the chosen key bit which you assign on the device your trying to connect ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 Its all sorted penguin my friend, finally got the forum up on my phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Its all sorted penguin my friend, finally got the forum up on my phone coooool i got a new one from work but not been arsed to play with it yet its a nokia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 ah got the n80 mainly because of the wifi as we have free access in uni and i can't be arsed to carry my laptop around. Plus the n80 looks better than the xda,mda etc, looks more like a phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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