You could look for an older driver for the card that does not have interesting packet avoidance and run airsnort again. I assume they gave you some sort of installer, what if you run strings on it under linux? Maybe you'll get lucky and see it in there somewhere. > -----Original Message----- > From: Loren H. Burlingame [mailto:loren at lorenburlingame.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 4:36 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] [OT] retrieving a wep key > > > I am going crazy here trying to get a wep key that was > installed on my > laptop by my school for use with windows xp pro. > > I have installed a linux partition and would like to use my school's > wireless network but they "only support windows xp pro" and will not > give me the key for use with linux (or any other OS). > > I have tried using Airsnort with no luck (I captured millions > of packets > with not one interesting packet) and have scoured the windows > registry > looking for a key, also with no luck. > > I am assuming that the key is either stored in a file > somewhere on the > hdd or within the card itself. > > I am sure that if I do eventually find it, it will be in an encrypted > form, but I will cross that bridge when I come to it. > > The card is a Dell Truemobile 1150 miniPCI (orinoco) deal on a Dell > Latitude c640 > > any help is appreciated > > LB > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list