Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:34:13 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> Cc: Tony & Heather Tregale <vk3qq@optusnet.com.au>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firmware Upgrade MA311 Message-ID: <475B4615.6070305@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <8A38E286-3841-48E3-AABE-CAA670E6651F@gid.co.uk> References: <200712080701.lB871hI0022552@mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au> <A46A5EDA-A7FE-4239-8C41-2E7F7613367F@gid.co.uk> <475ACB7C.7050004@errno.com> <8A38E286-3841-48E3-AABE-CAA670E6651F@gid.co.uk>
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Bob Bishop wrote: > 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 Jouni Malinen's hostap driver for linux has supported WPA on these cards for a long time. Sam
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