Re: [NTLK] Newt 128bit WEP and Airport

From: Mick Ring (lists_at_rynosoft.com)
Date: Wed Nov 27 2002 - 11:03:36 EST


on 11/27/02 7:23, Douglas Loftus at loftus_at_mjmcreative.com wrote:

>
> After talking to my IT admin, we think we have discovered the source of my
> problem with my Orinoco Gold WiFi card getting into our network. We believ=
> e
> it is that the 128 bit encryption isn't compatible with the 48 bit that
> AirPort uses. =20

I believe your IT guy doesn't know what he is talking about. Although the
Gold card is capable of 128 bit, it is also supposed to be backwards
compatible to 64 bit, which is the same as the 40-bit encrycption that an
Airport base station uses.

-Mick

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