radish Wrote: > I think that's the wrong assumption. When you're looking at WEP/WPA > you're looking at encryption keys. The only way to know if you have a > correct key or not is to try and communicate and see if it works. The > DHCP exchange is that first communication, so it's probably then that > the failure is first noted. The "connecting to network" stage is simply > associating with the AP, which basically any client can do whether or > not it has the keys. > > (Note: if someone who knows the handshake procedure in more detail > wants to correct me, please do!). Hey, I've been wrong before. :-)
I don't know the procedure either, but it's hard for me to fathom a protocol where the client isn't told whether or not it has successfully supplied the correct key. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18676 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
