As mentioned earlier, some Macs don't seem to like mixed-mode encryption. If you manage your client and you can pre-test, that may be fine, but if most edus can't dictate what wireless cards and drivers are used.
Frank -----Original Message----- From: Flagg, Martin D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Dynamic WEP transition to WPA What is the advantage of two SSIDs? I have a test environment run running both protocols with one SSID. This seems to work but I have only tried it with two Cisco AP 1200's. ________________________________ From: King, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 10/28/2006 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Dynamic WEP transition to WPA > -----Original Message----- > When you deploy 802.1x wep, it is very secure as well. Just a note, this was true up till a few weeks ago. http://www.ja.net/development/wireless/wag/wep-strongly-deprecated.pdf The synopis of this paper is, it is now possible to crack WEP with 1 packet, and several seconds. Most Key Rotation schemes are every 5 minutes, or more. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
