IP messages are not the way a client knows its encryption keys are valid. A station is first Unauthenticated and Unassociated. The authentication mechanism must be passed successfully (in shared mode, by using a challenge/response encoded with the WEP key). Only after this succeeds can a client move to Authenticated, but it is still Unassociated (not a peer or the wireless network). DHCP cannot take place yet. Once the AP allows the association, the client is then Authenticated and Associated.
The validity of WEP keys is not confirmed via the first DHCP broadcast, or any IP traffic for that matter. It is the other way around; only with valid keys can a client complete the authenticate and associate process, and this is required before IP traffic flows. -- MrC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18676 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
