Re: OT: Paging wireless geeks

Rope wrote:

> Wessie spoke:
> > > Another client had a Linksys router and I installed a Netgear
> > > Ethernet/Wifi adapter and the Linksys wouldn't play with it - I
> > > put in a Netgear router instead and it worked.
> > >
> >
> > I have a Linksys 11b wifi router and a Netgear Ma111 (11b also)
> > adapter in my laptop. They work fine together.
> >
> > In fact, the Linksys router worked with all adapters we threw at it
> > whilst supporting a network in the student house in Cardiff. This
> > included the internal one in an Apple laptop, Maplin own make and a
> > host of others in friends' equipment.
>
> Fine - this d-link adapter sees the Netgear router in Lesleys laptop
> but simply won't connect. In my laptop it works fine. The Safecom
> adapter works fine in her laptop.
>
> I don't think there are any hard and fast rules - just that in my
> job, with lots of clients on lots of sites with a variety of kit, I
> know from experience that Netgear, Linksys and D-Link do not always
> sit comfortably together, but same-make kit usually does.

Some of the makes support 48 bit encryption, and if you just type in a
passphrase they'll default to 48 bit.

Its not supported in all wifi stuff, and obviously won't work with 64
or 128 bit encryption.


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