Advice: 128 bit wep and Prism chipset

[Omer Faruk Sen]

As far as I learn from mails and for the sake of future clarity and to be 
recorded on mailing list archives ;) : 

1)intel Xircom is Prism II based and supports 104 (+24 bit)bit keys
2)Those cards that have Prism II chipset with newer firmware supports 104 
bit keys
but I need exact model and company can anyone send me a few card names 
(model number and vendor name)
3)The company is suggesting me to buy Cisco 350 PCI cards. I have read 
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers. 
html and it states that Cisco 350 cards are also Prism II chipset based 
cards. Is that true? And can I use that card to create an Access Point with 
FreeBSD?
4)HP Procurve J8136A is also Prism based card and supports 104 bit keys. 


Thanks for your help! 

Kevin Oberman writes: 

>> From: "Omer Faruk Sen" <freebsd at faruk.net>
>> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:13:16 -0400
>> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org 
>> 
>> Hi.  
>> 
>> The company I worked for is going to buy some wireless PCI and PCMCIA cards. 
>> I have insisted on buying Prism II, Prism 2.5 or Prism 3 chipset based cards 
>> since I can use them as an Access Point with FreeBSD installed.  
>> 
>> As far as I have searched on internet Prism 2,2.5,3 chipset based cards 
>> support only 40 bit wep but my company insist on 128 bit wep so I need 
>> suggestions? Which PCI card (for making Access Point) do I have to buy. I 
>> need company,model etc. so we can buy that card. 
> 
> Not that 104 bit WEP will help much, but my Intel (Xircom) card is
> Prism 2.5 and supports 104 bit WEP. (This means 104 bits of user key
> with 24 bits of device key for a total of 128 bits. I believe that
> some cards allow the specification of all 128 bits, but this is not
> common.)
> -- 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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