From: "Chuck McKinnis" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2312462 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:29:42 -0500 Received: from static-71-171-102-26.clppva.fios.verizon.net ([71.171.102.26] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1LYncS-0003kv-LW for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:29:40 -0500 Received: from rc.7cities.net ([12.155.8.5]:52993 helo=smtp1143.redcondor.net) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LYncN-0004Nk-0M for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:29:35 -0500 Received: from typhoon.7cities.net ([12.155.8.2]) by smtp1143.redcondor.net ({ee245a7a-c395-435f-a231-bc0ed40126a2}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20090215202932244 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:29:32 -0800 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A010204.49987B2F.006C:SCFSTAT3669893,ss=1,fgs=0 X-RC-IP: 12.155.8.2 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [192.168.2.103] (w-albuq-9-102.7cities.net [12.155.9.102]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.7cities.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n1FKTSLu032470 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:29:28 -0700 Message-ID: <49987B28.9020404@sandia.net> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:29:28 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (OS/2/20081212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] [OS2Wireless]TPad T60 Connect to Linksys BEFW11S4 - Security Settings References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Frank Vos wrote: > Hello Carl, > On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:04:31 -0500 (EST), Carl Gehr wrote: > >> BUT, I'd still like to get WPA-TKIP to work... >> >> Bad News: >> 1) No matter what I do, I've not been able to get this to >> work. >> 2) The WPA Supplicant displays and just keeps looping through >> the same bunch of [to me] gibberish. I did change the >> 'Debug Level' to 'verbose' and I captured what appears >> to be a repeating bunch of lines. But, not knowing what >> all of the stuff means, I'm a bit hesitant to just post >> it here in a rather public forum. >> >> If there is someone out there who can interpret the stuff [It's only >> about 22 lines.], I can send it off-list as a text file. >> >> I guess I'm curious: Is there no standard 'generate' tool that will >> create compatible keys? I also find it interesting that xWLAN >> generates four keys, while the router only has one. I assume other >> routers have more keys? > For WPA(2)-TKIP you only need one key, the four keys in xWLAN are for > WEP only. I guess those key generaters all have their own way for > generating keys. I get my keys from here: > https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm > I copy one key (63 random printable ASCII characters) and paste it in the > router setup and in the laptop. A key with 63 random characters is impossible > to crack, unless they manage to break WPA like they did with WEP. > > Frank IMHO, I am more worried about security on the Internet than I am about security between my PC and the router. -- Chuck McKinnis 1449 State Highway 14 N Sandia Park, NM 87047 505-286-3191 http://www.7cities.net/~mckinnis/ I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8