wireless connection issue

[G.]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 13 June 2011 10:05, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> Right, did that.  Called Piggott.  I can not connect to that one at
>> all.  I put in the correct password and it will not connect.  First
>> time I tried NW manager demanded at 128 bit but they have just a WEP
>> security setup, which has far fewer characters.  Not sure what that
>> means.
>
> For WEP it should be a string of hex digits (0 to 9 and A to F)  26
> characters if I remember correctly.  Some routers may allow a normal
> string of words to be used and will convert this to the hex string, in
> that case you need to get the hex string from the router to put into
> NM.
>
> By the way WEP is not secure any more, someone with the right
> knowledge can hack into your network.  You should change the router to
> WPA.
>
> Colin
>
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It is 128 WEP and it is a 10 character code.  Not my router, this is a
weekly rental belonging to a friend.