Nick, I believe you read correctly. The Wi-Fi Alliance originally did not permit TKIP on 11n for certified devices, but later decided to allow it, at least for a transition time.
The article at http://wifinetnews.com/archives/2010/06/say_goodbye_to_wep_and_tkip.html quotes some Wi-Fi Alliance spokesmen about the transition. TKIP & WEP will be phased out in stages starting January 1 2011 until January 1 2014. This phase out only affects new devices seeking Wi-Fi certification, though. Starting in 2011, WPA (TKIP only) is not allowed in new APS, but mixed-mode WPA2 is permitted. They are also "permitting" vendors to ship APs with WPA2 enabled out of the box. Previously, they needed to be shipped open. In 2012, no TKIP for client devices. In 2013, no WEP for APs In 2014, no WPA2 mixed-mode (no TKIP) for APs & no WEP for client devices. So, TKIP will l die a slow, miserable death. Bruce Osborne Wireless Network Engineer IT Network Services (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 40 Years of Training Champions for Christ: 1971-2011 -----Original Message----- From: Nick Kartsioukas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Turning off TKIP to enable N On Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:40 AM, "Joshua Coleman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Cisco Wireless shop as well and you don't need to to turn off TKIP to > allow N your AP's just need to support N Huh...I must've misread the docs, I thought they meant you can only have an open network or AES encryption to support N rates. I guess N clients will only use AES, but non-N can still use TKIP then? -- Nick Kartsioukas Cuesta College Computer Services 805-546-3248 ********** 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/.
