From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 14 7: 5: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ussenterprise.ufp.org (ussenterprise.ufp.org [208.185.30.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8535737B40A for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:05:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bicknell@localhost) by ussenterprise.ufp.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f8EEUbC06374 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:30:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bicknell) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:30:37 -0400 From: Leo Bicknell To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility? Message-ID: <20010914103037.A5619@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Mail-Followup-To: Leo Bicknell , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010914150203.A30720@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010914150203.A30720@shaft.techsupport.co.uk>; from rara.rasputin@virgin.net on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:03PM +0100 Organization: United Federation of Planets Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:03PM +0100, Rasputin wrote: > Is there any difference between Gold and Silver cards from > a compatibility standpoint (with the usual Apple Airport cards)? With WEP encryption turned off they both work together fine. I've seen many used in mixed enviornments. With WEP turned on, they are completely incomptable. The silver cards do a 40 bit encryption, and the gold cards do a 128 bit encryption, and it seems the gold cards can't be stepped back to 40 bit. -- Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org Systems Engineer - Internetworking Engineer - CCIE 3440 Read TMBG List - tmbg-list-request@tmbg.org, www.tmbg.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message