> From: Roger and Rosemary Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 16 February 2005 9:02:14 AM > To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: connecting to curtin network > ... She > was told she can't connect to the wireless network in the library at > Curtin because "they don't support macs" Is this true? > ... > If not how does she connect to the network? (step-by-step) She finds > this a very great disadvantage in doing her study.
Roger, below is my reply to an earlier request to the WA Mac User Group group about the same issue. Unfortunately I believe the issue still hasn't changed. However, I have cc'd this email to the staff member in Networks responsible for the Curtin Wireless project to find out if he has an update on when the open WPA standard for wireless security will be enabled to allow Mac and PC users without proprietary Cisco cards to benefit from the Curtin wireless network. I'll report back to the list when I find out more. -Mart > From: Martin Hill > Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 14:24:04 +0800 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Wireless at Curtin > > Up till now all wireless users have had to use a proprietary Cisco wireless > card to connect to the Curtin WLAN because of the security problems with > plain vanilla WEP (the default encryption standard in wireless ethernet > 802.11). > > http://is.curtin.edu.au/ics/wireless/connecting.htm > "Cisco Aironet 350 802.11b/g wireless LAN card with WEP data encryption and > VPN for authentication and secure data transfer" > > As a result, not only Mac Airport users were out in the cold but also Intel > Centrino users and users of any other brand of wireless card other than > Cisco. It is possible to get a Cisco PCMCIA card (available for loan from > the Curtin Library) to work in an Apple Powerbook (15" & 17") but of course > that still leaves iBook or 12" Powerbook users out of the running. > > The good news is the Curtin Wireless project team are planning on opening > the WLAN to non-Cisco cards using WPA authentication (which Airport > supports) and which is considerably more secure than the earlier WEP > standard. > > I understand the team was hoping to implement WPA this semester - I just > talked to one of the team and they indicated they are hoping to have it up > sometime this semester (hopefully sooner than later), so stay tuned and I'll > post more info as it comes to light. > > -Mart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Hill, Digital Media Specialist Information Management Services, Curtin University of Technology mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], web: http://is.curtin.edu.au/eot/ Mb: 0417-967-969 wk: (08)9266-3101 Fax: (08)9266-3826
