Hmmm... I thought I had the latest firmware. I'll have to go
look at it...
[Short delay...]
OK... I have 1.50.14, May 27 2004
I'll go get the latest update and try again.
Thanks,
Carl
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:08:42 -0700, Chuck McKinnis wrote:
>What is your firmware level? 1.52.02 is the latest from
>http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/BEFW11S4/download
>
>You should be able to set it up with WPA and TKIP. It does not appear
>that it will ever support the WPA2 and AES encryption which all up to
>date routers do.
>
>It appears that XWLAN supports on TKIP for WPA and AES for WPA2.
>
>Carl Gehr wrote:
>> I have been running this Router/AP:
>> BEFW11S4 V4
>> for a long time with only WEP64. [Just have not had time to deal with
>> changing it.]
>>
>> I would now like to update the connections to use the highest security
>> available, but it appears that the router only supports:
>> WPA (with TKIP, but not with AES)
>> I'm not really sure exactly what this really means, but at this point,
>> my objective is to get it to work with the T60 reported by PCI as:
>> Device 4227h PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
>>
>> It has been working just fine with GenMac and WLAN V3.10rc2 setup for
>> WEP64.
>>
>> No matter how I try to change the configurations, both the router and
>> the WLAN, it does not want to make the connection. WLAN does see the
>> network/router if I request a scan for public hotspots, showing as it
>> should as "Private".
>>
>> One significant problem, resolved [I thought] via manual cut/paste:
>> ==> Both the Router and WLAN will generate a key from a
>> passphrase. But, they generate DIFFERENT KEYS!
>> - WLAN generated four keys, but none of them match
>> the key generated by the router.
>> - My attempt to circumvent the problem was to cut/paste
>> from the router to Key-1 of the WLAN field.
>> Made no difference. Still no connection.
>>
>> I tried essentially the same process, but tried to use WEP128. Similar
>> results there. No connection even though the Router/AP appears to be
>> 'seen' by the TPad.
>>
>> Anyone have this working? Any suggestions about steps to make WLAN and
>> the AP get together?
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