Ryan Novosielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've found that no system seems to care whether you select open system
> or shared key. Perhaps I always leave it on open. I've never seen
> anyplace to set this on the other end, though, so I'm really in the dark
> about what it does.
Then you haven't looked hard enough. ;) It is a difference.
I BELIEVE the difference is about the level of authentication
or something, but I don't recall. At one point many moons ago
the madwifi driver was buggy in that it would only work on an
Open System with 802.11(a). IIRC, Shared Key is "more secure".
-derek
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