I read a WPA "Need-To-Know" article here:
 http://www.tomshardware.com/network/20030710/index.html

Definitely worth visiting ... 18 pages long though.

Some interesting items include:

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"WPA = 802.1X + EAP + TKIP + MIC"

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"And that puts [WPA-PSK] far ahead of
WEP as far as I'm concerned, because it's
so simple that people might actually use it!"

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"When I tried to get the Linksys WPC11v3
to talk to the Belkin AP with WPA-PSK
enabled, the AP locked up, requiring a
power cycle to reset it. "

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"Manufacturers are putting their primary WPA
efforts behind their current-generation 802.11g
and a/b/g products. "

"WPA upgrade support for older products is
not guaranteed. Manufacturers' commitments to
providing the upgrades vary widely, with
timetables tending toward later rather than sooner."

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"In the short-term, if you want to avoid hassles and
extra cost with WPA, your OS better be WinXP."

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"Client adapters have not required firmware
upgrades and became WPA-capable by just
upgrading their drivers using the normal Windows
driver upgrade process."

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"No mixing allowed! It appears that the APs
that I looked at don't support WEP and WPA-
enabled clients simultaneously."

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"No AdHoc support. WPA currently supports
Infrastructure mode only, with AdHoc mode
support delayed until WPA2.  The larger
impact of this missing feature may be on wireless
Ethernet bridges like the Linksys WET11 and
WET54G, which perform some of their more
useful tricks in AdHoc mode. "

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"Conclusion:
"The good news is that, when it works,
WPA is vastly more secure than WEP, and
a hell of a lot easier to use, especially in the
consumer-friendly Pre-Shared Key (WPA-
PSK) mode.

"The bad is that if the present trend continues,
many WLAN owners may have to abandon
their older products and purchase all new
goods in order to enjoy the benefits of WPA. "




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