Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-17 Thread Rasputin
* Jason Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010914 18:39]: Brooks Davis wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:30:37AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:03PM +0100, Rasputin wrote: Is there any difference between Gold and Silver cards from a compatibility standpoint

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-17 Thread Terry Lambert
Rasputin wrote: Thnaks a lot for the confirmation - for the record, I'm trying to replace a basestation, not communicate with one. The timing for access points requires different firmware; you can't do it in software alone. Talk to Julian Elisher; he presented on a company that sells a

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-17 Thread Rasputin
* Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010917 10:00]: Rasputin wrote: Thnaks a lot for the confirmation - for the record, I'm trying to replace a basestation, not communicate with one. The timing for access points requires different firmware; you can't do it in software alone. Talk to

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-17 Thread Brooks Davis
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:48:10AM +0100, Rasputin wrote: I take it the PCI PCMCIA adapters are still unsupported? (on 4-STABLE) They should be working. That was one of the primary points of the work Warner has been doing on PC Card. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form X is the one,

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-17 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rasputin writes: : I take it the PCI PCMCIA adapters are still unsupported? : (on 4-STABLE) I did a boatload of changes to -stable to make them work. While I didn't test the PCI cards with the last set of code for the 4.4-RELEASE, they were working fairly well with

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-17 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 01:43:54PM -0400, Jason Andresen wrote: Wilko Bulte wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:48:10AM +0100, Rasputin wrote: Thnaks a lot for the confirmation - for the record, I'm trying to replace a basestation, not communicate with one. But as long as Lucents

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-17 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason Andresen writes: : Wilko Bulte wrote: : : On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:48:10AM +0100, Rasputin wrote: : Thnaks a lot for the confirmation - for the record, I'm trying : to replace a basestation, not communicate with one. : : But as long as Lucents are

802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Rasputin
iJust a quickie - sorry if it's OT, but I know a few people on this list use Orinoco wireless NICs. I'm finally implementing my wireless gateway BSD box. Is there any difference between Gold and Silver cards from a compatibility standpoint (with the usual Apple Airport cards)? Thanks! -- One

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Leo Bicknell
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:03PM +0100, Rasputin wrote: Is there any difference between Gold and Silver cards from a compatibility standpoint (with the usual Apple Airport cards)? With WEP encryption turned off they both work together fine. I've seen many used in mixed enviornments. With

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:30:37AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:03PM +0100, Rasputin wrote: Is there any difference between Gold and Silver cards from a compatibility standpoint (with the usual Apple Airport cards)? With WEP encryption turned off they both work

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Jason Andresen
Brooks Davis wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:30:37AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:02:03PM +0100, Rasputin wrote: Is there any difference between Gold and Silver cards from a compatibility standpoint (with the usual Apple Airport cards)? With WEP

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Leo Bicknell
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:15:48AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: Unless Apple is mangling the firmware or someone screwed up the driver, this is false. Gold Lucent cards are capable of 40-bit crypto. How do you set this? I have been unable to set a 40 bit key, or set a card into '40 bit mode'

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Danny Braniss
any success in using an Airport AP with non airport cards? danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Leo Bicknell
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:46:08PM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote: any success in using an Airport AP with non airport cards? It works with Lucent gold cards at least. If you open it the card inside is a standard lucent silver card, not even relabeled. The guts are also a 'karlbridge', and the

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Dave Duchscher
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:46:08PM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote: any success in using an Airport AP with non airport cards? We have not had any problems using many different manufactures with the Airport AP. The only gotcha is if you using WEP. Different drivers using different methods of

Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?

2001-09-14 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:10:48PM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:15:48AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: Unless Apple is mangling the firmware or someone screwed up the driver, this is false. Gold Lucent cards are capable of 40-bit crypto. How do you set this? I have