** Reply to message from madodel@ptdprolog.net on Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:43:01
-0500
> In, on 12/17/04 at 07:37 PM,
> "Mark Dodel" <madodel@ptd.net> said:
>
> I saw the following posted on ecomstation.support.networking today from
> "P.R. Nienhuis" regarding using the old Cisco340 driver (from hobbes) to
> set a WEP40 key, then using the new Cisco340/350 driver and the WEP will
> still work. I don't use encryption so I haven't tried it but I thought
> I'd pass it on in case someone was interested.
>
> Mark
>
> >-> Subject: Re: PCMCIA
> >-> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 23:12:59 +0100
>
> >Stan Goodman wrote:
> ><snipped>
> >> I'll try to find it and read it, which shouldn't be hard as Google
> >knows
> >> only three documents about it. But it is probably irrelevant. The
> >card I
> >> will have to work with is Cisco 352; apparently there is one driver
> >for it,
> >> a Beta. .....<snipped>
>
> >FYI, the driver for Cisco 340 (cisco340.zip, hobbes) works too with 352
> >cards - it fully supports 40 (64) bit WEP encryption but not the WXLAN
>
> >widget.
> >But - once the 340 driver has written the WEP key to the card, you can
>
> >dump it and use the 350 beta driver and the WEP encryption still
> >works..... (plus -of course- you can use the WXLAN widget.)
>
> >The 350beta driver simply lacks the physical ability to actually set WEP
>
> >keys or use 128 bit WEP keys (although its MPTS edit menus suggest it
> >can).
> >Otherwise, it works OK, AFAICS.
>
> >Both the 340 and 350beta driver are socket services compliant, i.e. at
>
> >minimum they need pcmcia.sys (basedev), a pcmcia socket services driver
> >for your hardware (basedev too; e.g. on a Toshiba: IBM2TOS1.SYS, or one
> >of the SSPCIC<or so>.SYS drivers on other H/W), and that should do for
>
> >basic PCMCIA stuff (it does here).
> >I don't use EZPlay or Card Director or whatever-it-is-called etc, my
> >system and all PCMCIA cards run fine w/o.
>
> >Philip
>
> >---END FORWARDED MESSAGE---
Thanks, Mark. You beat me to it.
--
Stan Goodman
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