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Old 08-16-2011, 03:23 PM   #119
Benjamin Buford
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Unhappy WEP does NOT work

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Originally Posted by Zarvox View Post
If I try connecting it to WEP using a 5 character password, it constantly returns "Incorrect Login". (Yes, I confirmed that I'm using the correct login)
- I use Mac Minis for my wifi using "internet sharing" mode and WEP (they can't do WPA).
- I've tried it on 3 different Minis, two of them using OSX 10.4 and one using OSX 10.6.7. Same problem connecting using WEP encryption on all.
- I tried manually setting the network. Still get "Incorrect Login".
- I did a factory reset and reinstalled the firmware update. Still no dice.
- I turned off WEP encryption, making it an open network. This worked. So, it's not a Mac OS issue per se, but some problem with WEP (for the record, I used 5 character (40 bit) passwords of either all lower case letters or all numbers).
Exactly the same here

Got a Mac Mini, I use it as a WiFi hotspot at home, unfortunately Mac OS does WEP only (40 or 128 bit).

Kobo Touch: 1.9.9

Unencrypted network: Works flawlessly.
Encrypted WEP network: Doesn't work.

I entered a letter/number combination as a password on the Mac (length 5, as requested for 40bit encryption), and entered it exactly like that on the KT (case matters, I know).
Also tried using the manual mode on the KT, as well as entering the hex equivalent (length 10) instead of the original letter/number combination (again, case matters for ASCII-to-HEX-conversion!).

For the sake of debugging, here is the password I used on my Mac for the WEP encryption: n52em

On the Kobo Touch, I entered it as
n52em, 6e3532656d and 6e:35:32:65:6d

For the ASCII-to-HEX-conversion I used http://www.dolcevie.com/js/converter.html
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