Emery, Emery wrote:
> Quaker, > > Please clarify something. You stated that the problem with WPA > identification is with the NDIS driver. I copied the driver from my > working Windows XP installation, performed the iconv on the .inf file > and went through the ndiswrapper compilation/configuration without a > problem. The driver has built in support for WPA, because I am > currently sending this over my WAP connection within MS XP, which is > WPA enabled. With those facts how is it that the NDIS driver is not > supporting WPA? "ndiswrapper compilation/configuration" -- the codes of ndiswrapper you used don't support WPA. -- Quaker > > Emery > > ----------------------------------- > > > > Quaker Fang wrote: > >> Hi Emery, >> >> Emery Rudolph wrote: >> >>> Hello Valerie, >>> >>> There is so much conflicting information regarding this matter, I am >>> glad to speak to a primary developer. My confusion is that I keep >>> hearing that I would need to upgrade these packages, but I do not >>> have them installed at all. I have read some information saying it >>> was included with the build and others saying I need to download and >>> install them. Can you tell me which is correct? If I do not have >>> them installed can you send the the exact link to the packages. >> >> I am the developer of Solaris WPA. >> The answer is, under WPA-PSK mode, if you use DHCP to get IP address, >> you need SUNWcry installed, if you use static IP, not need. >> As I know, at present, the SUNWcry package is not downloadable to >> community users. >> As Valerie said, this situation will be changed when his project >> putback. >> >>> Additionally, would you know if the lack of these packages would >>> result in WPA WAPs showing up as WEP in the dladm scan-wifi output? >>> >>> >> No, this is caused by the ndiswrapper driver, the ndiswrapper driver >> doesn't support WPA. >> >> -- >> Quaker >> >>> Emery >>> >>> >>> Hi Emery - >>> >>> Yes, you do need to upgrade the SUNWcry/SUNWcryr packages everytime >>> you upgrade >>> your system. These are available in the closed-bin tar bundle, >>> associated >>> with each build. I'm not sure, specifically, how this affects WPA >>> driver, but >>> I do know that changes in the core crypto components often require >>> all the >>> modules to be updated as well for other tasks. >>> >>> This is documented here: >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/crypto/Documentation/sunwcry/ >>> >>> This will soon be changing, as I am wrapping up a project to pull >>> strong >>> crypto into the base OS. >>> >>> hope that helps, >>> >>> Valerie >>> >>> >> >> >> >
