[nfbcs] HIMS BrailleSensePLUS B32 and Wep Encryption

[Mike Freeman]

I own a BrailleSensePLUS B32 that's almost a decade old. I have a Netgear
router and it's a known issue that the BrailleSensePLUS B32 won't detect the
higher-speed modern encryption wireless network of this router. However, the
BSP will detect a slower-speed network using WEP encryption, also available
from the Netgear router.

 

My problem: I had to destroy all my profiles while working around the BSP
trying (unsuccessfully, of course) to connect to the wireless in my room at
the NFB convention. I was eventually able to connect to my hotspot. But now
that I am home, I am no longer able to connect to the WEP-encryption network
my Netgear router provides because I can't seem to get the BSP to recognize
the password for the network which contains capital and lowercase alphabetic
letters and an exclamation point. Is there any way around this, i.e., a way
to edit the BSP profile for the network manually so that I can get the
password to take? Somehow in one of the latest updates, the firmware now
only allows hex numbers for the password.

 

GRRR!

 

Mike