On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Dorian B|ttner <dorian.buett...@gmx.de> wrote: > > some time ago I had a usb wlan adapter from avaya at hand > http://old.nabble.com/AVAYA-Wireless-USB-Client-%28Gold%29-td21817914.html > It turned out, then when opening the cover of the desk stand it was nothing > more than a pcmcia card attached to a usb adapter. Avaya used also orinoco > chips in their products, and it was back in times of 802.11b and wep was > believed/announced to be totally secure. > I suspect whether you have anything newer that would be worth investigating?
Sure, WPA must be secure... I have two WaveLAN cards, one installed on a Lucent Technologies AP-1000. I think that both the AP-1000 and the WaveLAN cards are the most reliable wireless networking equipment I have seen on years. There had been no single failure or hang related with these devices. The AP-1000 has been stopped only a few times to upgrade its firmware and had been working reliably since I got it in 2002. It is turned on 24/7, and I am usually connected to it more than eight hours each day. If you want security, choose real security: OpenBSD, OpenSSH, authpf... are a good combination for wireless neworking. In fact, I have WEP disabled.
