128 bit WEP key for XP Pro SP2

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Guest

How do you enter the 128 bit WEP key?? There are 26
pairs of hex characters and the box provided by XP will
not take that many characters??
 
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Steve Winograd [MVP]

"Guest" said:
How do you enter the 128 bit WEP key?? There are 26
pairs of hex characters and the box provided by XP will
not take that many characters??
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A 128-bit WEP key consists of a total of 26 hex characters (13 pairs),
not 26 pairs.

If you specify the key as ASCII characters (including characters other
than 0-9 and A-F), it consists of a total of 13 characters.
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