128 Bit WEP and Non-Cisco Clients

[cmorrall]

We have a number of 350 AP's. When 40 bit WEP is set non-cisco wireless adapters can associate and function but when set to 128 bit these clients do not work. Is this a general restriction to using 128 BIT wep?

Chris

[btillery]

Do the client adapters support 128-bit encryption? Orinoco Silver adapters support 40/64-bit WEP, but not 128-bit. I don't know of other specific cards, however, this is something to check out. I've not run into any problems with getting 128-bit non-cisco cards to receive the WEP key from a 350 AP. Also, make sure you've turned off the Aironet extensions on the 350.

[derwin]

All of the above and also make sure that you configure the 128 bit wep key ie 26 HEX characters not just simply turn it on using the radio button