Hexadecimal and ASCII WEP keys

[markvanhaze]

I have recently stumbled upon a problem which I just cant solve so I was hoping somebody can help me out since I searched this and the web for a solution.
If you want to connect to a WEP encrypted wireless network, you need to enter the key in ASCII format since there is no option to enter it in hexadecimal. Now this works fine as long as the ASCII keys are regular numbers and letters. however if your WEP key uses ASCII keys such as Æ (corresponds to C6 in hex) or other unusual characters, there is no way of entering the key since they do not appear in the symbols menu of the S710. Now what I already tried was to copy and paste the symbols from a textfile I created on the pc and then transfered it to the S710. Even though the characters appear fine in the WEP key box, the S710 will not connect to the network stating the key would be incorrect. So obviously Windows Mobile 6 recognises the characters in some form but then it wont work for the WEP keys.
So I was wondering is there anyway I can enter the hexadecimal key? Maybe directly into the registry over an editor? Or maybe there is a zero config utility that will accept hexadecimal keys?
Any help would be appreciated.

[shinmai]

Can't speak for anyone but myself, but I, too, have a S710 and have had no trouble connecting to my home wlan using a hex wep key. Might be that my wep key contains no digits over 9, so it only "uses numbers", but I do believe that like many other programs, CommManager identifies ASCII keys from HEX by their lenght. (ie. for a 64bit key the ASCII key is 5 characters, while the hex is 10; 13 and 26 for a 128bit key respectively)

I could check and change my router to use a key with digits greater than 10, and report back, but once again, I'm only speaking for myself, YMMV.

[h0me5k1n]

My ASCII WPA key was randomly generated and has unusual characters in it - I had to convert the key from ASCII to hex on my PC (I used linux) and then used the converted value to connect.

My desktop PC uses the ASCII key and my mobile devices use the hex conversion of the ASCII key.

[shinmai]

So I tested, and set a completely random hex key, including non-english characters, and the hex key worked like a charm on my HTC Vox, just as I expected.

My desktop PC uses the ASCII key and my mobile devices use the hex conversion of the ASCII key.

So, you're saying that you, too, haven't had problems using HEX keys on your mobile?