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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DethStryke" data-source="post: 3277200" data-attributes="member: 1309">Without knowing what model Router & Card you're trying to connect, it *sounds* like you're mixing the key with a passphrase. Here's a quick rundown that should better explain the difference so you know what you're looking at.A WEP Key -either WEP64bit (10 Hex. Char.) or WEP128bit (26 Hex. Char.). This will be a combination of letters and numbers, seemingly random. If you must use WEP, use 128. Without getting into too much more detail, WEP is easy to break if someone is actively scanning for networks local to you and you have a fair amount of traffic (surfing the web, streaming music, etc.) The goal is to capture packages from the transmission and piece together your code. For most home users, especially if you have stand-alone houses with space between you and your neighbors, you can get away with WEP128 & MAC filtering and be 99% sure no one is gonna bother you. I wouldn't bet that in an apartment though.WEP Passphrase (that term can differ depending on company) is a password that you select - can be anything and up to 65 characters long - which the system then randomly generates 4 keys from. By Default it uses the 1st key. Some systems allow you to decide which of the 4 keys you're using though. Not all companies use passphrases, so if your router does, then you have to look on the wireless security page for the keys (may be greyed out so you can change them from relation to the passphrase, but you can still see it to write it down). If you're using 128, you should have a string of 26 random numbers & letters.WPA is a superior security packet structure and algorithm to WEP. The way WEP makes the little packets it sends over the network connection is what makes it so insecure... part of it is unencrypted - just enough that if you have a bunch of the packets, you can trial and error through the code through comparison. If you are in an apartment or heavy traffic area (cafes and public places nearby to you), then I would absolutely replace the card with one that can do WPA. I use WPA-PSK (WPA Pre-Shared Key; I've also seen it called WPA-Personal), which is what the 5 / 13 code is from. Like I said, you should be on the look-out for a 26 digit code.</blockquote>

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