On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:03:34PM +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote: > John W. Linville wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 06:40:35PM +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote: > >> IEEE802.11n does not allow TKIP/WEP as pairwise cipher in HT mode. > >> Connect in non-ht mode if either of these ciphers is cofigured as > >> pairwise. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Are there perhaps any broken APs out there that support such a > > configuration? I would hate to prevent users from connecting simply > > out of blind obedience to the standard. > > This particular configuration is not allowed in the latest 11n draft (7.0). > Yes, we have quite a few AP's around which support this configuration. Honestly, as a STA I would rather violate the standard and connect to the coffee shop's broken/misconfigured pre-draft7 .11n AP than stand on principle and have to fall back on my cell phone's data plan or sip my latte in internet silence... :-) John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx of your literate lifestyle. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
