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Re: editing configurations



On 2009-09-07 20:54, Celejar wrote:
On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:45:53 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

On 2009-09-07 20:29, Celejar wrote:
On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:09:18 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

(Let's bring this back to the list...)

On 2009-09-07 16:46, John Mundinger wrote:
...

The wireless card is a netgear wg511.
That old card only supports WEP encryption, which is nothing more than an invitation for bad guys to get into your computer.
"    *  Choice of WEP (64 or 128 bit), WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK"

http://www.netgear.co.uk/wireless_laptop_networkcard_wg511.php

Dueling specifications!!!

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adapters/WirelessGAdapters/WG511.aspx?detail=Specifications

  Encryption

     * 40-bit (also called 64-bit), 128-bit WEP encryption

Perhaps there are different chipsets involved?  This is common with wireless harware.


Could be. Or the US website was never from v1 of the card to v2. (I have a v1, but the pictures on both websites show v2 cards.)

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