Sorry, I just read that note again, I thought it covered wpa2-tkip and wpa-aes, but I was mistaken.
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Mike King <m...@mpking.com> wrote: > Just a point I have from the past. > > WPA + TKIP was only intended as a "workaround" until WPA2 was ratified. > That being said, here is a paraphrased note I have from a > wireless engineer: > > Only WPA-tkip & wpa2-aes are tested & certified as part of the Wif-Fi > alliance certification. Enabling both mode is not tested as well. > > Enabling both WPA-tkip & wpa2-aes should be avoided on infrastructure > device when there is decrypt issues because some clients can't do well on > mixed mode(which is not a standard). however, it works well with specific > vendor infrastructure and their own clients Ex: cisco phone on cisco wlc, > Motorola handhelds with their controllers goes well since this combination > is tested in their respective labs. > > > > By enabling all possible WPA & WPA2 on WLAN would burden the cpu of AP to > specifically encrypt & decrypt them & it should be avoided on high density > deployment. > > > Mike > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
