I am not sure Titanium PowerBooks support WPA see *here <https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/5xyxap/15_powerbook_g4s_wifi_can_only_go_up_to_wep/>*
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:55 PM, PhiLLip Pi <a...@zimage.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 02:43:37PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 10:46:16AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > > Here is what I know based on my new Debian PPC v8's installation: > > > dmesg (full log in http://pastebin.ca/3777025 ): > > > $ dmesg |grep airport > > > [ 11.706958] airport 0.15 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt < > b...@kernel.crashing.org>) > > > [ 11.707033] airport: Physical address 80030000 > > > [ 12.913489] airport 0.00030000:radio: Hardware identity > 0005:0001:0001:0002 > > > [ 12.921204] airport 0.00030000:radio: Station identity > 001f:0001:0008:0046 > > > [ 12.928672] airport 0.00030000:radio: Firmware determined as > Lucent/Agere 8.70 > > > [ 13.135033] airport 0.00030000:radio: firmware: failed to load > agere_sta_fw.bin (-2) > > > [ 13.143969] airport 0.00030000:radio: firmware: failed to load > agere_sta_fw.bin (-2) > > > [ 13.151299] airport 0.00030000:radio: Hardware identity > 0005:0001:0001:0002 > > > [ 13.158542] airport 0.00030000:radio: Station identity > 001f:0001:0008:0046 > > > [ 13.165525] airport 0.00030000:radio: Firmware determined as > Lucent/Agere 8.70 > > > [ 13.172456] airport 0.00030000:radio: Ad-hoc demo mode supported > > > [ 13.179321] airport 0.00030000:radio: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc > mode supported > > > [ 13.186201] airport 0.00030000:radio: WEP supported, 104-bit key > > > As you can see, it only goes up to WEP. No WPA2. I noticed it said > > > missing agere_sta_fw.bin firmware from > > > added "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main non-free" in my > > > /etc/apt/sources.list file. So, I rebooted and rechecked. Now, it > > > doesn't say it and shows WPA supported, but not WPA2 (better security)? > > > :( > > > > The orinoco does not do WPA2 from what I can find. WPA is the best it > > can do. > > > > Apparently 15" titanium powerbook 2002 is much too vague to determine > > the machine in question. That covers about 5 or 6 different models > > it seems. Some with orinoco, some with b43, and perhaps even some with > > something else. > > > > Seems the b43xx based models are b/g and WPA2 capable, while the orinoco > > based ones are b only with WPA at best. > > Ah. I guess I shouldn't bother trying its internal wireless unless I > want to sacrifice wireless security. :( > -- > Quote of the Week: "The great companies did not know that the line > between hunger and anger is a thin line. And money that might have gone > to wages went for gas, for guns, for agents and spies, for blacklists, > for drilling. On the highways the people moved like ants and searched > for work, for food. And the anger began to ferment." --John Steinbeck's > The Grapes of Wrath > Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see > this signature correctly. > /\___/\ Phil./Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) > / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net > | |o o| | E-mail: phi...@earthlink.net/a...@zimage.com > \ _ / If crediting, then please kindly use Ant nickname > ( ) and AQFL URL/link. > >
