Thread: RE: [Aironet] ACU
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From: Tim M. <tim...@wi...> - 2001-05-24 18:59:18
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XP blocks older ACUs because newer Cisco drivers are not compatible with older ACUs (you end up with messed up ACU configurations). Also XP contains UI to set SSIDs, WEP keys, etc. and can set 40 bit keys for any SSID config unless the card doesn't support WEP. So if you need to setup a config with 40bit keys use the XP UI -> Network folder, properties on the LAN connection, wlan or wireless tab. If you want you can enter multiple SSID configurations and XP will try them in turn until it finds one that works. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Jim Veneskey [mailto:jv...@ci...] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:40 AM To: Brian Pence Cc: Jim Veneskey; ai...@en... Subject: Re: [Aironet] ACU On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 12:38:09PM -0500, Brian Pence wrote: > Thank you for your reply! > > So what this means then is that with the new ACU, > 40 bit WEP is no longer possible?? That's pretty > absurd if you ask me. No, our normal cards can still use 40 bit keys if they so desire, but ONLY in enterprise mode. The restriction against 40 bit keys is in HOME mode only. > > My particular problem with this is that the ACU 4.10 > refuses to operate under Windows XP. It doesn't crash > or anything, but exits and claims that it is 'incompatible with this > version of Windows'. The new ACU will run, but now the card only > works with WEP disabled. Ouch - I can't say I have ever tried an older ACU under XP. > Is this principally a marketing thing?? The technology > is obviously there because the older ACU makes it work. > The card is *technically* and AIR-PCM341, which does include > 40-bit WEP. Is Cisco basically telling me that I don't > really need WEP at all in a home configuration? Or, is the > message really '40 bit isn't really any good, it's 128 or nothin' It's a marketing thing. Those cards were created for the sole purpose of being resold through Dell, and that was a legacy Aironet product/marketing scheme, not Cisco. I don't pretend to understand marketing - I just work here ;-) Jim -- | | Jim Veneskey :|: :|: Software Test Engineer :|||: :|||: 320 Springside Drive Suite 350, Akron OH 44333 .:|||||||:..:|||||||:. Email: jv...@ci... _______________________________________________ Aironet mailing list - Ai...@cs... http://csl.cse.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/aironet |
From: Brian P. <bp...@ce...> - 2001-05-24 18:38:09
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Cool, thanks! I'll try that and see if I can 40 bit WEP to work under XP. I'll report back here what I find out. Brian -----Original Message----- From: Tim Moore [mailto:tim...@wi...] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:31 PM To: Jim Veneskey; Brian Pence Cc: ai...@en... Subject: RE: [Aironet] ACU XP blocks older ACUs because newer Cisco drivers are not compatible with older ACUs (you end up with messed up ACU configurations). Also XP contains UI to set SSIDs, WEP keys, etc. and can set 40 bit keys for any SSID config unless the card doesn't support WEP. So if you need to setup a config with 40bit keys use the XP UI -> Network folder, properties on the LAN connection, wlan or wireless tab. If you want you can enter multiple SSID configurations and XP will try them in turn until it finds one that works. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Jim Veneskey [mailto:jv...@ci...] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:40 AM To: Brian Pence Cc: Jim Veneskey; ai...@en... Subject: Re: [Aironet] ACU On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 12:38:09PM -0500, Brian Pence wrote: > Thank you for your reply! > > So what this means then is that with the new ACU, > 40 bit WEP is no longer possible?? That's pretty > absurd if you ask me. No, our normal cards can still use 40 bit keys if they so desire, but ONLY in enterprise mode. The restriction against 40 bit keys is in HOME mode only. > > My particular problem with this is that the ACU 4.10 > refuses to operate under Windows XP. It doesn't crash > or anything, but exits and claims that it is 'incompatible with this > version of Windows'. The new ACU will run, but now the card only > works with WEP disabled. Ouch - I can't say I have ever tried an older ACU under XP. > Is this principally a marketing thing?? The technology > is obviously there because the older ACU makes it work. > The card is *technically* and AIR-PCM341, which does include > 40-bit WEP. Is Cisco basically telling me that I don't > really need WEP at all in a home configuration? Or, is the > message really '40 bit isn't really any good, it's 128 or nothin' It's a marketing thing. Those cards were created for the sole purpose of being resold through Dell, and that was a legacy Aironet product/marketing scheme, not Cisco. I don't pretend to understand marketing - I just work here ;-) Jim -- | | Jim Veneskey :|: :|: Software Test Engineer :|||: :|||: 320 Springside Drive Suite 350, Akron OH 44333 .:|||||||:..:|||||||:. Email: jv...@ci... _______________________________________________ Aironet mailing list - Ai...@cs... http://csl.cse.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/aironet |