From: "Dave Saville" Received: from mxout4.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.168] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 613035 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:23:42 -0500 Received: from mxin1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.175]) by mxout4.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1Gu2vJ-0009vY-L3 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:23:37 -0500 Received: from mail.deezee.org.uk ([81.187.184.98] helo=pooh.deezee.org) by mxin1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1Gu2vJ-000GJP-14 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:23:37 -0500 Received: from paddington (paddington [81.187.184.101]) by pooh.deezee.org (Weasel v1.72) for ; 12 Dec 2006 08:23:33 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:22:11 +0000 (GMT) Reply-To: "Dave Saville" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.10.2010 for OS/2 Warp 4.05 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Asus WL-330g problems Message-ID: <0030213190.00000OOQ@pooh.deezee.org> X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 81.187.184.98 X-Spam-Score: -0.9 (/) On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:04:26 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote: >Dave Saville wrote: >> Done some more testing. All tests done with my Artem card set to 128 wep. >> >> 1) Asus set to "Open & Shared" no wep key. - Cannot connect. xwlan says >> configuring all the time. >> >> 2) Asus set to "Open & Shared" wep key same as card. - Can connect. >> >> 3) Asus set to "Open & Shared" wep key different. - Cannot connect. >> Configuring all the time. >> >> 4) Asus set to "shared" + correct wep key. Cannot connect. Searching all the >> time. >> >> So it looks as if "shared" is not even being seen by my card. I cannot test >> with the card and no wep key as I have a problem with xwlan. >> >> What the hell is the difference between "Open & Shared" and "Shared"? My DLink >> only has "Open" or "Shared" and that works fine on shared with the same Artem >> card. >> >> >> >My "Guess" would be "open and shared key" means it broadcasts so that it >can be seen but you can only connect with the correct shared key. > >"shared" means it does not broadcast its presence and you still need the >correct shared key to connect however here you also need to specify the >correct SSID as well. Ed, I don't think so. There is a check box called "Response to SSID broadcast request" or similar and the SSID *is* correct and it won't work on shared. With or without that checkbox. -- Regards Dave Saville