topic Re: 128-bit static WEP key in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/128-bit-static-wep-key/m-p/389347#M222052 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just got it. Cisco was inconsistent in naming the keys (or perhaps it was just a marketing trick;) - the secrets are 40 bits and 104 bits long, but when 24 bit IV is added, it is actually 64 and 128.</P><P></P><P>Mark</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:43:02 GMT mmiklic 2004-11-18T19:43:02Z 128-bit static WEP key https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/128-bit-static-wep-key/m-p/389346#M222051 <P>A very basic question, which just popped into my mind during a config session (and perhaps I will make a fool of myself <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P><P></P><P>Why is that the static WEP key is 128-bit in Cisco APs and clients if only 26 hex characters need to be entered ? According to my knowledge, this is 104 bits. For a 40 bit key the length is ok (10 hex characters).</P><P></P><P>Mark</P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:10:37 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/128-bit-static-wep-key/m-p/389346#M222051 mmiklic 2021-07-04T17:10:37Z Re: 128-bit static WEP key https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/128-bit-static-wep-key/m-p/389347#M222052 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just got it. Cisco was inconsistent in naming the keys (or perhaps it was just a marketing trick;) - the secrets are 40 bits and 104 bits long, but when 24 bit IV is added, it is actually 64 and 128.</P><P></P><P>Mark</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:43:02 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/128-bit-static-wep-key/m-p/389347#M222052 mmiklic 2004-11-18T19:43:02Z