WEP vs. WPA?

From: Whoever <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:43:14 -0700

I have been struggling to understand what the requirements are to have a WPA-enabled wireless connection.

Is the WPA functionality entirely implemented in software? I looked at the specs for the Netgear WG511T and in the specs, it clearly states that it supports WEP encryption, but no mention of WPA, yet elsewhere I see references to this PC-Card supporting WPA (depending on the driver, I think)?

So, if I use this (or another supported card), is is sufficient to get wpa_supplicant installed and working to have support for WPA?
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