Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:26:13 -0500 From: "Robert E. Johnson, P.E." <bob88@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> To: nsayer@quack.kfu.com Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prism2 128 bit wep keys? Message-ID: <3BFAD885.263E55E3@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu>
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> > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:52:40 -0800 (PST) > From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com > Subject: prism2 128 bit wep keys? > > I just obtained a Linksys 802.11b access point. I previously was using an Apple > Airport. 64 bit (40 bit, really) WEP keys work, but 128 bit (104 bit, really) > keys don't with the wi driver using my Netgear MA401. > I haven't been following this for some time, but my understanding is that LinkSys uses the Prism2 chipset in a non-standard way, and refuses to release information to open source developers, so things are slowly being reverse engineered. That may be old news, but in any case the place to get the latest news about wireless drivers is usually the freebsd-mobile mailing list and its archives. > I'm not quite sure whether to blame the access point or the FreeBSD > driver. I'm inclined to blame LinkSys. > > Has anyone seen 128 bit keys working on prism2 wi cards under FreeBSD? They work fine on the D-Link Prism2 card (I forget the exact model number). - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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