From: "John Clemente" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:27:20 -0400
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Perhaps it is time to fix it?
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ED:

Ed Durrant wrote:
> John Clemente wrote:
>>
>>
>>> If the encryption is not set correctly you will get what appear to 
>>> be communications set up errors.
>> No errors are reported... All you see is the "configuring tcpip"  
>> icon but you never get an IP.  It just sits there
> Nothing will be reported, however if you look at IP configuration and 
> traffic, it will look like a lack of connectivity, even though a 
> connection is shown.
>>>  Well to set up WPA you need to select one of them - try one then 
>>> the other.
>> These encrypted routers are usually "out of the box"  and most of 
>> these owners would have no idea how modify the factory default 
>> configurations.  They do not even change the default login... or 
>> password... as I can always get into the configuration screens.  
>> Would you know what is the default encryption for the out of the box 
>> Linksys or NETGEAR $80 or $100 router?   I suspect it is WEP but on 
>> the next occasion I will fool more with WAP and it's options.
>
>  NO NO NO - Out of the box there is NO ENCRYPTION SET AT ALL! That's 
> why there are so many open Wifi routers about!  In fact I have read 
> that in the US, you are now committing a crime by having an open 
> router!!  The point being that criminals (drug dealers, bank robbers, 
> spammers etc.) can use an open wifi router to communicate through and 
> they can't be traced.
The routers I am trying to connect to are ones where the owners have 
give me permission to attach and given me the paraphrase use to set up 
the encryption.  Indeed I have attached to all of them with the 
paraphrase in XP and with the i-phone.  But, you are right it was a dumb 
question I could have answered myself by looking.  In fact, I have just 
looked at two of my routers -- all are open as I do not like the extra 
overhead and there are no Top Secrets in these networks.  Rather boring 
stuff.  Lots of traffic on Ecs etc. :-)           That said the drop 
down box, or buttons for encryption on Linksys and Netgear all show WEP 
first.  I will be at my brothers later today and will check with the 
i-phone to see what protocol he has set and use the exact one in Ecs and 
see where it goes. 
>>
>>>>> Get any of the  combinations different and you will either not 
>>>>> connect or connect but not be able to send traffic.
>>>>>
>>>>> The WPA options are only available with the WPA supplicant that 
>>>>> comes with the latest versions of GenMAC.
>>>> The Supplicant is loaded but I do not understand what it does 
>>>> although I have selected the view option
>>> OK, you don't need the view option set. But are there WPA options 
>>> displayed in the pull down menu on the encryption page.
>> I'll check
>>>>>
>>>  
>> Is there a good "how to" or FAQ on how to set up encryption in the 
>> Wireless Lan Monitor?
>>>
> Let me know if you find one - I looked a while ago but without any 
> success.
Something like a FAQ on encryption would be very useful as Ecs does not 
have the automatic features XP and Mac's do.  I will keep looking.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John Clemente
>>>
>>