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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?"
Google seriously bombs out on this one "wep key index"
Oh wait, when I search for wep "key index"I get much better results.
BTW do you have the latest drivers. I think they're at http://www.apple.com/airport/ though the page appears very airport Base Station-centric
It wasn't my intention to make slashdot my "private help-line". If you read the original story, you may have remembered that I have been looking for "conventional" avenues of help on this. My intention this time, was to open the issue up to a wider audience, under the assumtion that others are having the same problem.
Boy, that's 2 minutes I'll never get back...what a waste.