Re: Airport and WEP

[Arnaud FONTAINE <arnaud.fontaine@free.fr>]

My airport card obtains it's IP via DHCP; I noticed something strange when the
WEP encryption is activated.

#/var/log/syslog
eth1 : Unknown information frame received (type f202)

I don't know if it's due to the encryption or not... It only appears when I ifup
eth1 with WEP enabled...


Selon Kiko Piris <debian@pirispons.net>:

> On 19/01/2004 at 14:17, Arnaud FONTAINE wrote:
> 
> > I've recently installed an Airport Extreme access point in my network; and
> an
> > Aiport card (NOT the extreme one) in my iBook(first generation) with
> Debian
> > testing/unstable with a 2.6.1 kernel. Everything works fine if I do NOT use
> WEP,
> > as you can see:
> [...]
> > If I enable WEP encryption (with a valid 26 hex digits key), I do not
> obtain the
> > network connection on my iBook, although it works fine with OS X.
> [...]
> > Does someone know where it can come from ? 
> 
> I've had *exactly* this same problem. I've tied the following
> combinations:
> 
>  wep enabled | ap.3com | ap.apple |
> -------------+---------+----------+
> ibm/linux    |   ok    |  NOT OK  |
> -------------+---------+----------+
> ibook/linux  |   ok    |  NOT OK  |
> -------------+---------+----------+
> ibm/win2k    |   ok    |    ok    |
> -------------+---------+----------+
> ibook/macosx |   ok    |    ok    |
> -------------+---------+----------+
> 
> where:
> 
> ibm      : is an ibm thinkpad (with linux and win2k) with a 3com
>            atmelwlan driven pcmcia card
> ap.3com  : is a 3com access point
> ap.apple : is the airport extreme base station
> 
> Without wep, everything works fine.
> 
> I did these combination tests a couple of months ago (with 2.4).
> 
> So I concluded is some sort of problem between linux (both my thinkpad
> and ibook) and _my_ apple basestation.
> 
> Past weekend I retried 2.6.1-ben1 against my apple basestation with web
> enabled, did not work.
> 
> -- 
> Kiko
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