M2, Until 802.11i is approved as an IEEE standard, everybody's security implementations are going to be a bit different. So as far as I know, only Cisco NICs work with Cisco APs that use Cisco's LEAP implementation. That's supposed to change once the standard is approved and an upgrade is expected to be available via firmware upload (for Cisco gear that is).
Currently non-Cisco NICs can be used with Cisco APs, but only when LEAP is turned off, or if mixed-access (LEAP and non-LEAP devices together) is allowed (but that defeats the purpose of LEAP of course!). Here's the status of 802.11i according to the IEEE's Standards web site (http://standards.ieee.org/802news/802nov2002.html): "Security Draft IEEE 802.11i Moves to Second WG Ballot The IEEE 802.11i Task Group, working on security enhancements for IEEE 802.11, successfully resolved all comments from its recent WG Ballot. The standard will now be forwarded for a second WG Ballot. Once approved, it will significantly enhance the security of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs through new encryption and authentication methods." Regards, Greg DesBrisay On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 13:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Folks. I'm a relative newbie to wireless, so sorry if I break the > wietiquette. At SFSU they have a wlan that appears to be cisco driven > access points, which wont allow my orinoco mini card access to the wlan. > The campus IT department says the only cards that will work are ones > that use LEAP technology. Is there a work around for this, or am I stuck > having to buy a cisco card for my gateway pc, or buying an ibook? > > Thanks, > > M2 > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
