[NBLUG/talk] 802.11b/g Wireless

David Rosenstrauch darose at darose.net
Mon Mar 27 09:53:14 PST 2006


There's another package - wpa_supplicant - that generally handles this 
on Linux.  Needs to be configured separately, etc.  A bit of a pain to 
do, but not too awful.  I can help you through it if you need.

DR

Steve Johnson wrote:
> Just another quick question on this subject.. Is WPA and WPA2 done at
> the card level or is this software encryption?
> 
> I have a 802.11b card from linksys (WP11) but in ubuntu I only get the
> option to do WEP.. So I assumed this was a limitation to the card.. 
> Is this right?
> 
> Just trying to cover all my bases before I get a new card =)
> 
> -Steve




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