Re: Wireless router
- From: "maybenot" <isomon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:54:12 GMT
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| "maybenot" <isomon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > "Somebody." <somebody.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > | WPA implementation on clients is horrible though, and it's often
| > unstable to
| > | the point of unusability. WEP is easy to set up and use on just
| > about any
| > | device.
| >
| > I disagree, you'll have problem with WPA if you are using a non
| > standard hardware/drivers. As we all know WPA standard has been
| > approved and ratified awhile ago. But there were hardwares that
were
| > pre-built before the standard was approved, in this scenario
| > incompatible hardware/driver might arise. Newer firmwares and
| > matured drivers should be available by now. For older
| > hardwares/drivers it's a must that you upgrade to the latest
| > firmware/drivers to prevent inconsistensy. For XPSP2 users MS
updated
| > their wireless clients(zero config) also, it is more choosy to
what AP
| > it connects to.
| > The Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)/Wireless Provisioning Services
can
| > be downloaded here.
| > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;893357
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| I have a competent engineer who can't get WPA to be stable on very
recent
| Dell Axiom, I couldn't get it to connect on a very recent Dell
Inpsiron, and
| I have a Toshiba that just refuses to communicate. And that's just
some of
| our in-house devices. After patching my Dell 8500 it works fine for
me, but
| WEP works for everybody in the door on their first crack, including
guests
| in the boardroom.
Do you have Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG on those problematic pc's? If
yes, they are known to be unstable but the latest intel drivers have
corrected that.
| Many Access points need just the right firmware to be stable, ie not
always
| the most recent one, but the one that actually works based on real
world
| experience. WEP, any old firmware will do.
I agree but if you have not tried the latest firmware you will not
know. Dell firmwares/drivers most of the time are two versions
behind. Have you tried the manufacturer's chipset firmware?
.
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