Emery wrote:

> Okay,
>
> I am using NDIS 1.1, which was the latest version I could find. Please 
> tell me what version of ndiswrapper I should be using to get WPA support.

Sorry, at present, the ndis 1.1 is the latest one, no new version available.

--
Quaker

>
> Emery
>
>
>
> Quaker Fang wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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