On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Saturday 23 December 2006 23:47, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>
>>> What exactly is the different between "shared" and "open"?
>>> I just have a key set on my access point,
>>> and I give that key on each machine accessing the AP.
>>> Is that shared or open?
>>>
>>> Actually, I tried replying both "shared" and "open",
>>> but I didn't see any difference in the response.
>>
>> Does your access point have a setting for shared vs. open? That
>> determines what the clients are supposed to do.
>
> Thanks for your explanation.
> I checked my access point (a Linksys WRT54LG running dd-wrt)
> and there is no mention of "shared" or "open" that I can see.
> I am asked if I want to use a key, and if so what kind
> (WEP, WPA, RADIUS, etc).
My Netgear config page has some Javascript and when I select WEP, it
reloads the page with an option for shared or open or automatic (which I
assume means the client decides).
Does the dd-wrt documentation have anything to say?
>
>> [...]
>
> It seems from this that "open" means "no key" and "shared" means "key".
Yes, for authentication purposes. Encryption is a separate function, so
you can have encryption without authentication.
>
> I've found that I can usually force NM to work as I wish
> by editing ~/.kde/share/config/knetworkmanagerrc .
>
> However, I don't consider this is very satisfactory.
>
>
>
>
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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