On Sunday 28 October 2007 10:09:24 Mike Klein wrote: > Thanks for help all. > > I managed to unbrick my wrt54gl (tftp via orig. linksys firmware at > reboot of unit...whew!) and got onto v24RC4 (was on rc1). This and a > reboot after configuring for "WPA2Mixed/TKIP+AES" yields the following > results: > > 8525 (WM5): Connect via WPA2/AES (at least it says so) > N800: Connect only via WPA (wpa2 still yields network msg)...not sure > whether tkip or aes. > ST5111 (WinXP): Now (After router reboot) uses WPA/AES and not > tkip...but still no wpa2. > Tried Msoft and Athereos...only atheros had wpa2 option...but it > falls back to wpa. > Inspiron (WinXP): WPA-PSK/AES (not even option for wpa2) > > So firmware upgrade only yielded ability to use AES whereas before all > clients were tkip. The router reboot after making settings changes may > have done this actually. dd-wrt seems to get a little confused when > you're in the ui going and forth between ssid hidden/visible and making > security changes. > > I will start looking for dd-wrt bug/changelist (they don't bundle with > firmware downloads?!?) and am of belief now that (perhaps) WM5 is > "falling back" to WPA...although I do have it explicitly set to WPA2 and > not WPA. I wouldn't think fallback would NOT occur in this case as there > is specific selection for wpa2. Oddly enough my tablet pc (st5111) only > has WPA2/WPA option...wpa2 cannot be forced. > > [side note] > dd-wrt is so flexible now. I could setup virtual ssid (all are hidden) > for my wife's old WEP-only laptop and further restrict access by macid. > I am even restricting by macid on wpa2 ssid as well. N800 is in these > lists although it's hostname doesn't show up in wifi list. > > What was I thinking reflashing my primary AP first and not my backup > unit...that's what it's there for...doh! > [/side note] > > > mike Mike I like to think of doing this kind of thing as a desire to live dagerously and an inward urge to really chew my own a$$ out. *grin* James
