Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:52:04 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: Tony & Heather Tregale <vk3qq@optusnet.com.au>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firmware Upgrade MA311 Message-ID: <8A38E286-3841-48E3-AABE-CAA670E6651F@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <475ACB7C.7050004@errno.com> References: <200712080701.lB871hI0022552@mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au> <A46A5EDA-A7FE-4239-8C41-2E7F7613367F@gid.co.uk> <475ACB7C.7050004@errno.com>
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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
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