Advice: 128 bit wep and Prism chipset

[Jacques Caron]

Hi,

At 10:58 03/10/2003, Peter Radcliffe wrote:
> > The point that I want to learn is the chipset of this card is Prism based?
>
>I have already answered that question - no they are not.
>They are aironet chipset based.

I think the confusion comes from the fact that the Aironet chipset (and 
firmware) is derived from the Prism chipset (and firmware), but the "split" 
occurred quite a while ago (several years), and even though there are some 
similarities between the two, they have diverged considerably, and they can 
be considered as being completely different chipsets.

And no, Aironet-based cards will not allow you to use them as APs (or at 
least nobody knows how to do that, if they do). Only Prism-based cards 
will, and maybe newer 802.11a/g cards (Atheros, Broadcom...)? Sam Leffler 
will probably be able to tell us more on this.

Jacques.


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