Re: WEP vs. WPA?



On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Chris wrote:

Whoever wrote:
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?

No. WPA needs to be supported by the hardware. From the netgear site your card only supports WEP so you're stuck with WEP :(

Here is why I am confused. Check this link:
http://www.netgear.co.uk/wireless_networkcard_wg511t.php

and this one:
http://www.spikelab.org/blog/WPA2NetgearWG511T.html
and this one:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t574384.html

All of these state that this card supports WPA.

.

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