Re: Encryption incompatibility
- From: Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:36:16 +0100
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:22:42 +0100, in alt.internet.wireless ,
"Christian McArdle" <cmcardle75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Does anyone maintain a list of incompatible wireless cards?
>
>I have just bought a cheap Edimax PCI 54g card and a cheap Actiontec ADSL
>router.
>
>Everything else I've got interfaces fine with the router, including a
>Linksys USB 11Mb, the built in 54g module in an Acer laptop, an old Buffalo
>11Mb PC card and my printer server (also Edimax). They all work up to the
>level of security for which they were originally designed.
>
>Unfortunately the Edimax PCI card will only talk unsecured (which works
>fine). It won't work with 64bit or 128bit WEP or WPA. They just say
>"Acquiring network address" for several minutes and end up with a crappy
>169.x address.
most likely you just have the key input in the wrong format. Some
vendors use ASCII, some use hex, some use passphrases etc etc. Its a
bit of a lottery getting it right,
>Have I any chance of getting this card to work, or should I just send it
>back and try another make?
Sure, it;ll work - if its wifi certified it more or less has to - but
it might take a while to figure out the format.
--
Mark McIntyre
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