On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Matt Emson wrote:
Bruce Johnson wrote:
The original airport is WPA capable because that's how both my G4
desktop and TiBook at home are set up.
You will find that this depends on more than just a capable card. It
depends on:
a) Capable card (card has a WPA capable chipset)
Which the airport does.
b) Adequate driver support (driver supports WPA TKIP or WPA2 AES or
mixed mode)
Which it does, per the Airport software version mentioned in Apple's
KB note.
c) Operating system support. (OS knows how to handle WPA)
Which it does, per the OSX version (>= 10.3) noted on the Apple KB note.
d) Correct firmware for the card.(as this dictates what features
will work.)
AFAIK Apple has never updated the firmware on the original Airport
card, past the very very early ones.
I certainly did not need to update any firmware for it to work out of
the box with my G4 Gig Ethernet or my Powerbook G4.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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