Dell Inspiron Pro Wireless support 128b WEP?

[robinson]

When setting up my net I could get the laptop to perform WPA encryption. Unfortunately, my wife's PC could only do WEP so I had to change to that. However, I cannot seem to get the Dell Inspiron 600M to recognize WEP 128b, only 64b. My router generates either a 10 or 20 hex key. The 10 character hex string is recognized when I select Open and WEP from the network controls, but if I try 128b at the router, the Laptop gives me the following error:

The network password needs to be 40 bits or 104 bits depending on your network config this can be entered as a 5 or 12 ASCII characters or 10 or 26 character hex.

I don't even see how you can get 26 hex chars from 128b encryption. I find it hard to believe that it could support WPA but not 128b WEP.

Am I missing something?

[bob]

If any of the keys are generated using a Pass phrase, this could be getting you - not all Pass phrase routines are created equal. Try entering the same key in all equipment using the one for the shortest length - make up the key from 0-9 and A-F HEX values. See if that gets you going.

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[jenipher]

I can try that only the router that generates a key based on a pass phrase. Plus it appears to balk at the length, not that it is valid or not. But will play with it.
Thanks.