128 bit WEP - how successful for you?

[diem]

Hi,

I've had mixed reports about the success of failure of 128 bit WEP with a variety of brands of card (all Lucent chipset of course) with a variety of access points.

What's your experience been everybody? Does it work or not? Text keys or only hex keys? Let me know by posting to this thread - I'm looking to update my FAQ with better WEP info.

[jezza]

I can report success using the low-profile Buffalo PCMCIA card (already listed in your FAQ, not to hand so unable to provide model) with HEX WEP keys against a D-Link base station.

Of course the Buffalo PC card is a rebranded version of the Gold Avaya WIFI card. Note that only the Gold Avaya/Lucent/Orinoco card supports 128 bit WEP - all Silver versions are only 64 bit.

Jezza.

[amitchell]

Thanks for this thread - I knew there was something I still needed to do! I've managed to set mine up with 64 bit but it didn't work with 128 bit. I do have an Avaya Silver though.

Austin.

[diem]

For sure, I have a rebranded Silver - an Enterasys Roamabout. I've just heard people have had varying degrees of success. Just interested ito get to the bottom of it.

[bradm]

I've got an Avaya Gold card. Its working very well with 128 bit encryption (with a Netgear FM114P Access point/router).

I resisted turning the WEP on for a long time for fear it would slow the whole thing down.

Shouldn't have worried, I didn't notice any difference in the speed at all.

I'm using the hex keys, with a key generated using a passphrase on the router.

Blocks the stylus hole of course though! I originally purchased a SMC 2632 card because it didn't block the stylus, but found the performance to be woeful. I haven't tried it with encryption turned on.

The extra signal strength of the Avaya Gold makes all the difference (but I can't get it to work with power management turned on).

[enagel]

I use an Interasys Roamabout with 128 bit (hex key) WEP on a Malay netBook hooked into a Linksys combination wireless AP/4 port router and have had no connectivity problems and extremely good throughput.

I also have as part of the setup, a Linksys signal booster on the AP and an industrial antenna replacing one of the antennas on the booster.