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Date:      Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:10:31 +0900
From:      Eitarou Kamo <e-kamo@trio.plala.or.jp>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Atheros drirve
Message-ID:  <42B1A477.8050002@trio.plala.or.jp>
In-Reply-To: <200506160851.45353.fcash@ocis.net>
References:  <42B0E56B.4030609@trio.plala.or.jp>	<200506161458.51227.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>	<42B126ED.6040005@trio.plala.or.jp> <200506160851.45353.fcash@ocis.net>

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Hi,

Freddie Cash wrote:

>On June 16, 2005 12:14 am, Eitarou Kamo wrote:
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>>Daniel O'Connor wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:05, Eitarou Kamo wrote:
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>>>>Is there the Atheros wi-fi driver with WPA encryption.
>>>>Do I need WPA_supplicant like hack?
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>>>I'd say you need to use wpa_supplicant but I don't see it as a hack..
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>>I'll try the *tweak*.
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>How is it a hack or a tweak to run a supplicant that the WPA 
>setup, configuration, and maintenance?  You have one central program that 
>can be used by multple drivers, allowing for faster / better development, 
>and less reimplementation in each driver.
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 For now, I only use it. I dare say I only configure it.

>Plus, I've yet to see any Windows wireless drivers that didn't need the 
>Aegis protocol driver also installed in order to use WPA.  :)  At least 
>you can configure how the wpa_supplicant works -- I've yet to find a way 
>to tweak the Aegis protocol in Windows.  :)
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 Don't worry Now I *do* use wpa_supplicant, on linux though.
So I can configure it, I guess.

Eitarou



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