Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:32:30 -0400 From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility? Message-ID: <3BA23F2E.23F68B29@mitre.org> References: <20010914150203.A30720@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> <20010914103037.A5619@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <20010914101548.B7169@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:30:37AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > 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. > > Unless Apple is mangling the firmware or someone screwed up the driver, > this is false. Gold Lucent cards are capable of 40-bit crypto. Aren't the airport cards just plain old Silver Lucent cards? If so, then either the Gold or the Silver should work fine. In fact I know the silver works fine because I have an Airport at home that I talk to with a Silver card. There's a FreeBSD port that lets you configure the box from your machine. In Windowsland there's a program called FreeBase, and of course the Airport comes with Mac tools bundled. -- \ |_ _|__ __|_ \ __| Jason Andresen jandrese@mitre.org |\/ | | | / _| Network and Distributed Systems Engineer _| _|___| _| _|_\___| Office: 703-883-7755 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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