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Re: [ipw3945-devel] [PATCH 1/5] mac80211: allows driver to request a Phase 2 key

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>
>  So the problem with this is, how does Dynamic WEP work here?  Dynamic
>  WEP uses 802.1x/EAP to rekey stations periodically just like
>  WPA[2]-Enterprise, but of courses uses WEP only.  It's not "static" WEP
>  as you guys have been talking about it (you could call static WEP
>  "WEP-PSK" if you like).
>
>  The problem here is that with WEXT, there's not a good way to
>  distinguish between the two.  Both static & dynamic WEP might look the
>  same to the driver when the call comes through SIWENCODE/SIWENCODEEXT.
>  So you've got to be careful here classifying all WEP key requests as
>  static.

Yes this two are not enough you need also specify the the key management method
via SIWEAUTH .

Tomas
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