Re: WPA or WPA2, (original) Airport and Linksys?

Steve W. Jackson <stevewjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My previous router flaked out and I decided to replace it with a new
Linksys WRT150N. It supports the 802.11n draft, so I'll be ready for a
new MacBook Pro when I get one in the (hopefully) not too distant future.

But I've got an issue I can't quite figure out. Instead of WPA, it
offers various forms of PSK for encryption. I gather that's more or
less the same thing with different names, but I can't seem to get
anything more than 128-bit WEP to work with my PowerBook G4/800 and its
Airport card.

This is the *original* Airport (802.11b) and not Apple's newer Airport
Extreme card. My daughter's iMac has had one of those I added to it,
and my Dell laptop for work with XP installed has built-in support for
802.11g as well. I have no doubt those will work when I get there, but
I need to figure out what magical incantation or hand waving will get me
set up using WPA or WPA2 on my PowerBook. And thus far, Google searches
haven't led to any help.

With recent system software, an original AirPort card can do WPA but not
WPA2 or AES. Configure the Linksys to use PSK-Personal with TKIP
encryption and select Mixed for the Network Mode.

.

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