Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 04:17:24 -0400 From: "Omer Faruk Sen" <freebsd@faruk.net> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice: 128 bit wep and Prism chipset Message-ID: <20031003081724.1884.qmail@fuzuli.enderunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20031002155001.4881A5D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <20031002155001.4881A5D07@ptavv.es.net>
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As far as I learn from mails and for the sake of future clarity and to be recorded on mailing list archives ;) : 1)intel Xircom is Prism II based and supports 104 (+24 bit)bit keys 2)Those cards that have Prism II chipset with newer firmware supports 104 bit keys but I need exact model and company can anyone send me a few card names (model number and vendor name) 3)The company is suggesting me to buy Cisco 350 PCI cards. I have read http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers. html and it states that Cisco 350 cards are also Prism II chipset based cards. Is that true? And can I use that card to create an Access Point with FreeBSD? 4)HP Procurve J8136A is also Prism based card and supports 104 bit keys. Thanks for your help! Kevin Oberman writes: >> From: "Omer Faruk Sen" <freebsd@faruk.net> >> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:13:16 -0400 >> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >> >> Hi. >> >> The company I worked for is going to buy some wireless PCI and PCMCIA cards. >> I have insisted on buying Prism II, Prism 2.5 or Prism 3 chipset based cards >> since I can use them as an Access Point with FreeBSD installed. >> >> As far as I have searched on internet Prism 2,2.5,3 chipset based cards >> support only 40 bit wep but my company insist on 128 bit wep so I need >> suggestions? Which PCI card (for making Access Point) do I have to buy. I >> need company,model etc. so we can buy that card. > > Not that 104 bit WEP will help much, but my Intel (Xircom) card is > Prism 2.5 and supports 104 bit WEP. (This means 104 bits of user key > with 24 bits of device key for a total of 128 bits. I believe that > some cards allow the specification of all 128 bits, but this is not > common.) > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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