On 9/7/05, Matthias Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:08:06 +0000 > Chris Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9/7/05, Matthias Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > If you don't use the Apple base station you have to disable encrypted > > > communication in the acces point, because the original Apple Airport > > > card only supports 40Bit WEP which is not longer supported by recent > > > access points. They use 128bit WEP or WPA. The Apple Airport card can't > > > connect to base stations configured for 128Bit WEP or WPA. > > > > > > > Are you sure of this? My router is set to 128Bit Hex. It's also an > > option in OS X. > > If we talk about the airport card from year 2000 mounted in an > Powerbook G3, I'm pretty sure about this. Maybe Apple changed this with > later Powerbooks. >
Looks like we're both right. I asked one of our techs here (who used to work at Apple), he said originally they didn't. But they released an update to support it. I knew I wasn't crazy. I'm using 128 on both Linux, and OS X (dual boot). -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
