Atheros drirve

Eitarou Kamo e-kamo at trio.plala.or.jp
Thu Jun 16 16:10:27 GMT 2005


Hi,

Freddie Cash wrote:

>On June 16, 2005 12:14 am, Eitarou Kamo wrote:
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>>Daniel O'Connor wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:05, Eitarou Kamo wrote:
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>>>>Is there the Atheros wi-fi driver with WPA encryption.
>>>>Do I need WPA_supplicant like hack?
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>>>I'd say you need to use wpa_supplicant but I don't see it as a hack..
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>>I'll try the *tweak*.
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>How is it a hack or a tweak to run a supplicant that the WPA 
>setup, configuration, and maintenance?  You have one central program that 
>can be used by multple drivers, allowing for faster / better development, 
>and less reimplementation in each driver.
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 For now, I only use it. I dare say I only configure it.

>Plus, I've yet to see any Windows wireless drivers that didn't need the 
>Aegis protocol driver also installed in order to use WPA.  :)  At least 
>you can configure how the wpa_supplicant works -- I've yet to find a way 
>to tweak the Aegis protocol in Windows.  :)
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 Don't worry Now I *do* use wpa_supplicant, on linux though.
So I can configure it, I guess.

Eitarou


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