Re: check a wlan-adapter for wpa capability

Until a guru shows up, I'll throw something in:

Are they B or G? Most B devices seem to fall on the side of not
supporting WPA. Most G devices do. That's a good starting point. A
few B devices do have updated drivers that handle WPA, but you may
have to root around for it.


1) If your notebooks are all the same, then researching the newest
driver for the installed adapter should tell you if they support wpa.
Install the latest driver and test.

2) If you have a variety of laptops, you could simply group them and
do #1 and/or test a representative of each group.
Put up an AP on WPA with a simple key in the same room and try to
connect using the client adapter in question.

Easy enough. I can't believe that there would be software that
investigates the driver on each laptop. It's too easy to read the
spec *** or test it directly.


Steve

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