From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 8 22:53:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F5D16A419 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (gid.co.uk [194.32.164.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C760B13C45A for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:53:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.30] (host-83-146-60-88.bulldogdsl.com [83.146.60.88]) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB8Mq4s8082782; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:52:05 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) In-Reply-To: <475ACB7C.7050004@errno.com> References: <200712080701.lB871hI0022552@mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au> <475ACB7C.7050004@errno.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8A38E286-3841-48E3-AABE-CAA670E6651F@gid.co.uk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bob Bishop Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:52:04 +0000 To: Sam Leffler X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: Tony & Heather Tregale , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firmware Upgrade MA311 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:53:35 -0000 Hi, On 8 Dec 2007, at 16:51, Sam Leffler wrote: > 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. Well according to this post: http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php? t=7120 the card only supports WEP, but that could be Netgear's drivers I suppose. > 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 -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295