Problems with Netgear wireless PCMCIA card

[Xanxi]

So, is it working now?

[whabang]

You guys should ask Brian. He loooves wireless! ;-)

[Akira]

who is Brian, and where do we find him?

Couldn't try anything else yet, real busy with work at the moment ;/

[whabang]

Oh, is the network encrypted?
(stupid me don't even know if the WLAN util on miggy supports encryption).

[Akira]

NOpe, no encryption, no key, just blocked MAC address accessing

[ncafferkey]

Akira wrote:
NOpe, no encryption, no key, just blocked MAC address accessing

You should be aware that using a fake MAC address is even easier than cracking WEP encryption.

[Akira]

How can they guess teh addresses? It's ok anyway, I guess. dunno..

[whabang]

It's fairly easy to spy on the traffic between the card and the access point. Best security is to hide the SSID, and then leave the array open. You then have a custom DHCP-setup, which gives all unknown MAC-addresses Google's IP. :evilgrin:

[Akira]

Didn't understand the last bit, but sounds evil

My SSID is hidden, obviously.

[leofoe]

The prism2.device can do WEP encryption if your adapter supports it.

[Akira]

Ok, some update here.

Downloaded the prism2 drivers version 1.5.
Transferred to the 1200 and still no luck.

One of two things happens here:

- A1200 PCMCIA port fudged
- WiFi card fudged.

Still got to try it in my A600, if it works there, then it's a problem with my 1200. I got a Squirrel card to test but I have no SCSI device to connect to it so it's not much use.

Well, I DO have that 1x Apple CD drive, but I need a caddy for it..hmmmmm.

More progress as I find time for testing things out.