WEP Keys in Mac OS X?

antmo asks: "Mac OS X doesn't allow you to specify which WEP key index (1-4) one wishes to use, via the Network preferences. This causes me much pain, since my employer's wireless network uses a key index other than 1. I know the AirPort card allows for this, as I am able to set all four keys in Open BSD and Debian Linux. I don't know whether this is a limitation of Mac OS X's AirPort driver or simply the preferences. I've looked all over the net, posted to many discussion forums (since March of this year), done quite a bit of tinkering with the config files and still don't have a clue how to, if possible, set which key index to send. I have not heard a thing from Apple about this, which leads me to believe they're not going to add this ability. Does anyone know whether a fix from Apple is forthcoming? Anyone know a hack to get this working?"

Comments

So how can I do WEP with a non-Apple access point?

[Offwhite98]

In my case I have snow iBook and an airport card, which apparently just some toshiba hardware with an Apple label. The problem is that it prompts for a network name and password. I can configure my Netgear access point to do WEP, but how do I do that with my little iBook? Do I just copy/paste one of the segments or all of the segments into the password field?

A better question would be, why is Apple being such a pain about this? I should be able to connect my airport card to base stations with WEP, just as 802.11b specifies. It seems like an interface bug.

A list of instructions would be very helpful. Posting a screenshot of the login prompt would be even better.