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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: skurk on August 01, 2007, 08:10:57 AM
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So I just purchased a Netgear MA401 802.11b WLAN PCMCIA card, which should work with prism2.device (http://aminet.net/package/driver/net/prism2) according to this page (http://www.g-mb.de/pcmcia_e.html). Pardon for asking silly questions, but this is all new stuff for me.
I decided to do some research before it arrives. I've never configured an Amiga for WLAN before, only cabled networks.
- What kind of encryptions are supported? I'm currently using 128-bit WEP2 encryption on my router, should I change this to something.. easier? WEP? No encryption, just MAC filtering?
- How do I configure the encryption on the Amiga? If so, where? In the device driver, or AmiTCP?
- Any other tips/hints/howto's?
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Actually you may want to read the manual that comes with the prims2 driver, things are explained pretty well there.
skurk wrote:
I'm currently using 128-bit WEP2 encryption on my router, should I change this to something.. easier? WEP?
I assume you mean WPA2. Unfortunately, only WEP is supported. The encryption is configured with the SetPrism2Defaults command that comes with the driver, like:
SetPrism2Defaults SSID wlan1 KEY 1234-abcd-89
You can put this into your s:user-startup file for example.
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Colani1200 wrote:
Actually you may want to read the manual that comes with the prims2 driver, things are explained pretty well there.
Ah, I see. I bought the card a couple of hours ago and thougth I'd do some "fishing" here before getting started. I see now that the prism2.device takes care of that.
skurk wrote:
I'm currently using 128-bit WEP2 encryption on my router, should I change this to something.. easier? WEP?
I assume you mean WPA2. Unfortunately, only WEP is supported.
A bit quick on the keys there, yes WPA2 is the one. WEP is "secure enough" for me.
Thanks for your help :-)
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skurk wrote:
A bit quick on the keys there, yes WPA2 is the one. WEP is "secure enough" for me.
ah. you mean it's enough of a deterrent...don't use the word security in the same sentence as the acronym wep...unless you're referring to a lack of security :-)