Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 22:09:01 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Ian Cartwright <ian351c@home.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netgear MA401 and WEP Message-ID: <20010921220901.A13735@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACEEBBCFAA.ian351c@home.com>; from ian351c@home.com on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 06:49:34PM -0700 References: <20010921175418.A11378@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACEEBBCFAA.ian351c@home.com>
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--W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 06:49:34PM -0700, Ian Cartwright wrote: > While searching the FAQs on Netgear's website I came across this Knowlege > Base article: > http://www.netgear-support.com/ts/pwtkbgetsolution.cfm?&id=3DN01910&kbase= =3DSupp > ort&incident=3D. It mentions that the default configuration for authentic= ation > on the MA401 is shared key, and that Cisco access points use open key as > their default. The article also says that the MA401 cannot be configured = to > use open keys via software. I wondered how my Netgear ME102 access point > was configured, and sure enough, it was configured for shared keys. On a > hunch, I decided to change the ME102 to "Both" for authentication. Behold= ! A > successful connection in FreeBSD! I am assuming that this means that even > though the "software" doesn't support it, the card is indeed configurable > for shared or open keys, and that open key is the default for FreeBSD. For what it's worth, shared key is an amazingly stupid idea and should never be used. It transmits the authentication data in plain text. While Cisco APs support shared auth, the help says to never use it. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7rBzsXY6L6fI4GtQRAvGjAJ99IIwphupN65kRhHqto/UVMsJSpgCfamfe BKfxOVL/zXuAx5zAPJXr+js= =+WRV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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