On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:20:56PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > fred smith wrote: > >Hi! > > > >I'm messing about with an old Toshiba Tecra laptop. i've got wireless > >working well using NetworkManager and WEP. But I'm interested in finding > >out if it is possible to get WPA/TKIP or other WPA variants to work with > >that driver. > > > Some where I might still have beta XP drivers for TKIP for this card, > but I am pretty sure that they never released them. > > Toss the card and get something that is current. PCMCIA cards are > affordable. May be the best thing to do, but it's not even my computer (employer owns it) so I'm not sure I wanna spend money fixing up their machine. Also it's built-in wireless, not a card. Thinking of looking hard at a eeepc 901 when they come out, or something similar. > >According to dmesg, boottime diagnostics include: > >eth0: Hardware identity 0005:0004:0005:0000 > >eth0: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:000a > >eth0: firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.10 > >... > >eth0 Station name "HERMES I" > > > >I've been googling a lot and most of what I see seems to indicate > >that there's no WPA support in that hardware, but that it may be > >possible to do WPA anyway if the drivers have the right set of patches. > >But so far I've not found anything definitive, especially not something > >that goes back far enough to be in a modestly old product like Centos 5.2. > > > >but anyway, if anyone knows anything about this I'd appreciate some hints. > > > >Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------
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