[bcab] Re: Can't enter WIFI Key

DJ,
Being an old main frame programmer, I used to use hex quite a bit. From what I can recall, to use the 10 character hex key, I would suggest entering C1 = capital A 
C2 = capitol B
all the way up to
C9 = capital I
The next bunch of capitol letters starts at D1 through D9 representing capital J through capital R 
Capital S starts as hex E2 up to capital Z which is hex E9.
Digits are F0 through F9. Unfortunately, our main frame was shut down last year so I can't use it to get a comprehensive list including lower case letters and punctuation symbols. If you already know hex then the above info will be old hat to you but I would suggest entering either 10 or 26 hex characters. 

Alan
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Subject: [bcab] Can't enter WIFI Key



Hi all,

I'm trying to use PSK Personal and TKIP for the security settings.
I've only used WEP in the past but am switching because of the security concerns with WEP. 
I enter my key.
This is a mixture of alpha and numerical characters.
I do this, the gateway reboots and when I try to enter the key on the wifi enabled PC I get,enter the 

Wireless configuration
The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network configuration. This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters. 

With an OK button.

Maybe I'm not getting the format right in the key?
I'll be changing this but here is the key I was going to use. Can anyone see something wrong with this? 

FiCn88SsiLLwq12875NmCzrShGw
That's 27 characters and according to my router I can have between 8 and 63 characters in this key...
I'm at a loss. I've tryed dropping it to 26 characters but still the same messege. 

Any ideas?

Dj Paddy
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