On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Matt Rhinesmith wrote:
> OK, it's a SW issue, as it does the same thing with my PMG4's card. It can
> connect to my school's private WPA-secured network (I mean *AHEM* an unnamed
> WPA-secured network ;-D), so it supports WPA fine... what could it be?
>
When I did a test of an Airport card with WPA it worked with one of the
encryption options but not the other.
Here is the message I posted when I did the test. Only WPA (vs WPA2) worked
and only with TKIP encryption.
We wrote here recently about how Apple included support in Tiger (and
perhaps Panther) for using WPA with the original Airport card. Some
people here said they couldn't get it working.
Well today I tested it out. It works but with a specific configuration.
I tried it with my Pismo with an Original Airport card and the base
station is an Airlink 101 Super G.
I tried WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (WPA PSK is the same as WPA Personal) and
using TKIP and AES with both. The results were:
WPA PSK
TKIP Worked
AES Doesn't Work
WPA2 PSK
TKIP Doesn't Work
AES Doesn't Work
Only WPA PSK with TKIP worked. So those trying to do this would be well
advised to try that combo.
My D-Link "N" AP/Router supports WPA and WPA2 both enabled
simultaneously and also AES and TKIP both enabled. My Pismo doesn't
work with that router. I'm not in a hurry to test it out as a it's the
main router and several computers connect through it.
Ironically I tried to go to the web page I'd previously referenced:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2594?viewlocale=en_US>
But it is currently down so I couldn't verify the OS version that
supports WPA.
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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