Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 10:46:16AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote:
> Here is what I know based on my new Debian PPC v8's installation:
> dmesg (full log in http://pastebin.ca/3777025 ):
> $ dmesg |grep airport
> [ 11.706958] airport 0.15 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>)
> [ 11.707033] airport: Physical address 80030000
> [ 12.913489] airport 0.00030000:radio: Hardware identity 0005:0001:0001:0002
> [ 12.921204] airport 0.00030000:radio: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:0046
> [ 12.928672] airport 0.00030000:radio: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.70
> [ 13.135033] airport 0.00030000:radio: firmware: failed to load agere_sta_fw.bin (-2)
> [ 13.143969] airport 0.00030000:radio: firmware: failed to load agere_sta_fw.bin (-2)
> [ 13.151299] airport 0.00030000:radio: Hardware identity 0005:0001:0001:0002
> [ 13.158542] airport 0.00030000:radio: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:0046
> [ 13.165525] airport 0.00030000:radio: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.70
> [ 13.172456] airport 0.00030000:radio: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
> [ 13.179321] airport 0.00030000:radio: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
> [ 13.186201] airport 0.00030000:radio: WEP supported, 104-bit key
> As you can see, it only goes up to WEP. No WPA2. I noticed it said
> missing agere_sta_fw.bin firmware from
> added "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main non-free" in my
> /etc/apt/sources.list file. So, I rebooted and rechecked. Now, it
> doesn't say it and shows WPA supported, but not WPA2 (better security)?
> :(
The orinoco does not do WPA2 from what I can find. WPA is the best it
can do.
Apparently 15" titanium powerbook 2002 is much too vague to determine
the machine in question. That covers about 5 or 6 different models
it seems. Some with orinoco, some with b43, and perhaps even some with
something else.
Seems the b43xx based models are b/g and WPA2 capable, while the orinoco
based ones are b only with WPA at best.
--
Len Sorensen
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