From: "Dave Saville" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:17:31 +0100 (BST)
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Subject: [OS2Wireless] Re: Asus wl-330g replacement

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:18:52 -0600 Chuck McKinnis wrote:

Thanks all - See below.

>
>Ed Durrant wrote:
>> Frank Vos wrote:
>>> Hello Dave,
>>> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:35:27 +0100 (BST), Dave Saville wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>> Is there another device like the Asus that works as AP and client and
>>>> does decent security? My 330G refuses to use WPA-PSk and Google thinks
>>>> that's the way it is :-(
>>>>     
>>> I own an ASUS WL-330gE, it supports WPA-PSK and WPA2-AES. I use it with
>>> my T23 to connect to a router thats using WPA2 encryption.
>>>
>>> >From Daniela Engerts test in Voice 2005.03 I understand that the WL330G
>>> does support WPA-PSK, so maybe your router or the key you are using is
>>> giving you problems.

Yes it is *supposed* to but I, and lots of others if you believe
Google, have no luck getting it to work. One post said it works
sometimes, and slow to negotiate, *and* it only works with a key length
of 8. You can't get much simpler than 12345678 :-)

>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>   
>> Or perhaps there's a firmware upgrade to add this feature? have you 
>> cecked the asustek website?
>> 

On latest firmware.

>> 
>
>It also appears that the web browser access for configuration only works 
>if the switch on the bottom of the box is in the "access point" position.
>

Yes I found that out the hard way :-)

Thanks again all - At least I have some devices to look at.

-- 
Regards

Dave Saville