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Subject: Re: Wavelan 802.11 with encryption
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> I set up a wireless network in my home using two Lucent WaveLan 802.11
> wireless LAN cards, one of which sits in a FreeBSD 3.0 machine. It works
> like a charm. But now I want to set up encryption. As far as I can see,
> the current FreeBSD driver does not support encryption?

WEP encryption is not sufficiently strong for real use.  use end-to-end
ip encryption, e.g. ssh etc.

randy


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