Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #921

From: "Hakan" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: WPA Access
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:49:13 -0400 (EDT)
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

Sadly I don't know anything about the latest access point I tried to
connect to.  I tried both WPA and WPA2 without success.  Will try again
when I have another opportunity end of next month.

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:42:17 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

>Yes, this works for me. What are the parameters at the access point,
>insofar as TKIP and/or AES is/are concerned? 99.9% of the time when I
>have an issue with WPA (any OS), the problem is with a mismatch between
>TKIP + AES, TKIP, or AES. TKIP + AES (as I have pointed out in an
>earlier thread) allows for clients to use *either* TKIP *or* AES. The
>original WPA spec only allowed for TKIP; WPA2 allows for AES encryption
>as well (or instead of). If the AP supports it, I recommend setting it
>to TKIP + AES, and then trying one or the other on the client side (WPA
>PSK or WPA2 PSK, in XWLAN) to see which one works best.
>
>On 03/24/07 04:30 pm, Hakan thus wrote :
>> I have a TP43p with an Intel 2915 a/b/g wireless card.  WEP-encrypted
>> connections work fine but I have yet to be successful in establishing a
>> link with any WPA-enabled access point.  I believe my card is a
>> 8086:4224 and I am using version 2.0 of the GenMac wrapper.
>>
>> Does anyone have this specific combination working?
>>  
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