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
> 
> 
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