It's been a long time since I had to deal with wpa issues on Wi-Fi. Most devices and operating systems seem to have this sorted out by now.
Technically, wpa2 only specifies a protocol and not the cipher. For the cipher, you can choose between aes and tkip, but you should always use aes as it's more secure. Check to see if your devices and router offer the choice and that they agree. On Aug 27, 2017 06:02, "Jim Williams" <hira...@hotmail.com> wrote: > My experience with the WiFi232 (which I intend trying with my m100 and > my Psion 3a now that I have a serial port installed on my PC (I need the > serial port to put telnet software on the Psion)) has led me to look > into connecting all my vintage machines via WiFi, partly for fun, and > partly because my office space is limited as is the number of ethernet > plugs on my router... I've an old K6-2 300mhz running Dos 6.22 and > WFW3.11 that's currently on my network; I got a pci wifi adapter and > will tackle getting it on the network soon, though I've read that very > few wifi cards work with DOS, and those are PCMCIA. A few days ago I got > an airport card for my g3 iMac graphite, and it talks to the network... > if I stop security. > > It seems for some reason the iMac's wpa personal / wpa2 personal isn't > compatible with my netgear wireless N router WPA1/WPA2. > > Now I'm concerned that none of my vintage machines can access the > network/internet securely. I don't care if they're secure, but I don't > want them to provide a gateway to my main computer(s). > I thought of using an old Belkin wireless G router with wep and I think > wpa1, tying the old machines into it and tying that into my netgear > router. But wouldn't that compromise security on the entire network? If > I connected the Belkin to the Netgear via ethernet cable rather than > wirelessly, would I be able to use that to limit what could access my > modern computer network? > > I want to be able to access my main computer(s) from my vintage ones, > and I want my vintage machines to access the internet (especially the > M100 because of the Smaug mud I want to run for Model-Ts). I don't yet > know if the WiFi232 uses WPA that is compatible with my netgear, which > would solve the problem in a limited way if it did. > > As networks become more and more wireless, with more and more security, > are we going to become less and less able to connect our old machines to > the internet and each other? > >
