WEP Key

[keb1717]

What do I enter for the WEP key # in the connection setup? It will only take 5 characters exactly and my router WEP key is more than 5 characters. I've entered 5 characters of the the WEP and it appears to connect (it shows "sending" but not "recieving") When I attempt to get on the internet I receive "Netwerk Problem" message. Help, please?

[Neil McAllister]

Try changing the strength of the encryption. 64-bit (40-bit) encryption wants a five character key. 128-bit encryption lets you enter up to 13 characters (or longer, if it's a hexadecimal key you're entering).

[keb1717]

That won't work. Anyone else?

[Neil McAllister]

Won't work or didn't work?

Exactly how many characters is your WEP key?

[nowen]

That won't work. Anyone else?

Why not explain why or what happened after you tried it. You might also try and thank people for trying to help :)

[flipjetiel]

switch wep key type to hex when you type it in..

[myet01]

My 770 is setup for 128 bit encryption no problem?

[keb1717]

Thanks for the help. :)

Sorry.

My router is set for 64 bit and the wep key has 10 characters. The 770 is set for 64 bit as well, but it only allows 5 characters to be entered.

I've entered the first 5 characters of the wep and it appears to connect to the router - the signal bar appears, connect time appears and the outgoing signal shows, but no incoming.

I receive "network problem" when trying to get on the internet. What am I missing?

Thanks.

[Samuel]

My router is set for 64 bit and the wep key has 10 characters. The 770 is set for 64 bit as well, but it only allows 5 characters to be entered.

Is your WEP key in HEX or plain ASCII ?

[Zero23]

Thanks for the help. :)

Sorry.

My router is set for 64 bit and the wep key has 10 characters. The 770 is set for 64 bit as well, but it only allows 5 characters to be entered.

I've entered the first 5 characters of the wep and it appears to connect to the router - the signal bar appears, connect time appears and the outgoing signal shows, but no incoming.

I receive "network problem" when trying to get on the internet. What am I missing?

Thanks.

Change to Hex when entering code. That should do it. I had the same prob. :)

[tjutzu]

My router is set for 64 bit and the wep key has 10 characters. The 770 is set for 64 bit as well, but it only allows 5 characters to be entered.


According to what you just explained I believe you need to type the key in by using HEX.

I give you couple examples.
ASC: 11111 = HEX: 31313131
ASC: NOKIA = HEX: 4e4f4b4941

--> the key is 5 ascii characters is actually 10 hex characters.

[keb1717]

PROBLEM SOLVED! :D

I changed to hex instead of ascii and entered the hex key instead of the passphrase. That did the trick.

[Playdrv4me]

Im not quite sure I understand.

My router is aaaaabbbbb for line 1 of the WEP key. The rest is hexadecimal values for 2, 3 and 4 generated off of a passphrase. Are you all saying I need to change the input method on the unit to HEX and then enter the HEX equivalent of "aaaaabbbbb" into line 1 and be done with it? OR, the HEX equivolent of the passphrase? I also have 64b encryption.