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OK guys, but I'm not sure what all this means in real terms.......

Do I understand right that the Hardware and Firmware are fine for 
WPA, but one needs the right Software (?)

Regards,

Tony
Melbourne, Australia.

At 03:51 9/12/2007, 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.  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
>