Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:45:00 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting wi and wicontrol under control Message-ID: <20020403194500.GD17454@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <20020403192705.9B2245DDC5@segue.merit.edu> References: <kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu> <NJEILFFGFACAOBDNPELNKEDMCCAA.kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu> <20020403192705.9B2245DDC5@segue.merit.edu>
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"Richard S. Conto" <rsc@merit.edu> probably said: > When I tried to use a Lucent/Agere/Orinoco Gold 802.11b card with > encryption turned on, it choked. I couldn't use 128 bit encryption, > and when I tried 40 bit encryption, I got long delays and lots of > retransmitted packets with a throughput of an ancient 300 baud/bps modem. > If you search around, you'll see some comments about how the > interface to this card isn't published, except through some simple > minded API (that the "wi" code was based on.) Someone has worked > with Lucent/Orinoco/Agere to get encryption working, but hasn't been > able to release it due to licensing issues. Uh, excuse me ? Some of us have been using 128bit encryption with Lucent gold cards, freebsd and the wi driver for a couple of years. Your information is vasly out of date and grossly incorrect. > I suspect you'll have to run without encryption. False. > The War-Drivers will love you. MAC address filtering won't help > much. It's sort of like closing the door without locking it. (Not > that 802.11b/WEP is all that secure anymore. WEP is useful as a first step, it should not be trusted as real encryption. P. -- pir pir-sig@pir.net pir-sig@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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