Re: [Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?

2007-01-08 Thread M. Bitner
Nintendo makes an access point for the DS that plugs into a USB port, although I think it only works with Windows XP. I think there's a third party one out too but I don't know how well it works. Nintendo has announced that they are working on integrating the DS with the Wii, so that might eventu

RE: [Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?

2007-01-08 Thread Jason LaPier
ent: Monday, January 08, 2007 5:03 PM > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WPA with WEP? > > Well I got a Wii .. and it found my network with WPA2 no > problemo.. if thats any consolation it seems they are catching up. > > The first thing the Wii did

Re: [Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?

2007-01-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well I got a Wii .. and it found my network with WPA2 no problemo.. if thats any consolation it seems they are catching up. The first thing the Wii did was check and upgrade its firmware .. maybe if you just got the DS on long enough to update itself it would then do WPA ? Mark Rob Hudson w

Re: [Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?

2007-01-08 Thread Rob Hudson
I thought about a 2nd wireless router that did WEP but wouldn't it be over the same frequency? Oh, but I just thought about the channels. They could be over different channels, right? The DS does provide it's MAC address, so I could do it that way. My preference would be to buy a cheap WAP a

Re: [Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?

2007-01-08 Thread Ben Barrett
AFAIK the radios support only one [encryption] mode at a time; I've seen mode-hopping for certain but not normal uses... So unless I missed something too I think you'd either need to run a 2nd router (or make a 1-1 connection for the DS Lite). If the current conclusions that WPA is better than WEP