From: "Carl Gehr" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account carl.gehr@mcgcg.com HELO localhost) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPA id 2302169 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:14:45 -0500 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:14:31 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: "Carl Gehr" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] [OS2Wireless]TPad T60 Connect to Linksys BEFW11S4 - Security Settings Message-ID: Hmmm... I thought I had the latest firmware. I'll have to go look at it... [Short delay...] OK... I have 1.50.14, May 27 2004 I'll go get the latest update and try again. Thanks, Carl On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:08:42 -0700, Chuck McKinnis wrote: >What is your firmware level? 1.52.02 is the latest from >http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/BEFW11S4/download > >You should be able to set it up with WPA and TKIP. It does not appear >that it will ever support the WPA2 and AES encryption which all up to >date routers do. > >It appears that XWLAN supports on TKIP for WPA and AES for WPA2. > >Carl Gehr wrote: >> I have been running this Router/AP: >> BEFW11S4 V4 >> for a long time with only WEP64. [Just have not had time to deal with >> changing it.] >> >> I would now like to update the connections to use the highest security >> available, but it appears that the router only supports: >> WPA (with TKIP, but not with AES) >> I'm not really sure exactly what this really means, but at this point, >> my objective is to get it to work with the T60 reported by PCI as: >> Device 4227h PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection >> >> It has been working just fine with GenMac and WLAN V3.10rc2 setup for >> WEP64. >> >> No matter how I try to change the configurations, both the router and >> the WLAN, it does not want to make the connection. WLAN does see the >> network/router if I request a scan for public hotspots, showing as it >> should as "Private". >> >> One significant problem, resolved [I thought] via manual cut/paste: >> ==> Both the Router and WLAN will generate a key from a >> passphrase. But, they generate DIFFERENT KEYS! >> - WLAN generated four keys, but none of them match >> the key generated by the router. >> - My attempt to circumvent the problem was to cut/paste >> from the router to Key-1 of the WLAN field. >> Made no difference. Still no connection. >> >> I tried essentially the same process, but tried to use WEP128. Similar >> results there. No connection even though the Router/AP appears to be >> 'seen' by the TPad. >> >> Anyone have this working? Any suggestions about steps to make WLAN and >> the AP get together?