On Jan 3, 2008 4:30 PM, James Knott <james.knott at rogers.com> wrote: > Kalle Valo wrote: > > "ext Josh Z" <josh.zy at gmail.com> writes: > > > > > >> Is this a software drawback with OS2008 or a hardware limitation > >> with N800? I'm thinking the former. > >> > > > > This is a software limitation. IEEE 802.1x with WEP encryption is not > > supported by our current software implementation. It's because 802.1x > > with WEP is considered lecacy implementation and it's being phased out > > by WPA and WPA2. > > > > this has been unsupported with 770, N800 and N810 products, so it's > > not a new issue. > > > > > >> I think 1/3 of the purpose for getting a N800 has just failed me...sad. > >> > > > > Yes, this is very unfortunate and there's nothing I can help you with > > right now. I'm sorry about this. > > > > Oh, I just noticed that I accidentally left out the words "WEP > > encryption" from my previous mail. IEEE 802.1x is supported with TKIP > > and AES encryptions, but not with WEP encryption. Sorry for the > > confusion. > > > > > Better not tell that to my N800 running OS2008. I can connect at both > home and work, using WEP. With what sort of access point? IEEE 802.11? Those should work fine with WEP. John
