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Cc: Tony & Heather Tregale <vk3qq@optusnet.com.au>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Firmware Upgrade MA311
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Bob Bishop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 8 Dec 2007, at 07:01, Tony & Heather Tregale wrote:
>> Can this wireless card decode WPA - PSK, please?  If so, how?
>
> I don't believe the Prism 2.5 chipset can do WPA. See `man wi'

I believe the fw is capable of supporting WPA starting with 1.7 or 
possibly an earlier rev.  The problem is entirely in in the wi driver.

Note that "decode WPA - PSK" is actually a misnomer as most all the work 
ends up happening in the host--all the fw needs to do is "get out of the 
way".

    Sam