Re: WPA/WPA2 and Apple Airport (not Airport Extreme) cards

[Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>]

I haven't tried that particular USB adapter, but I have had incredibly
bad experience with others of the same ilk.

-ken

Joe St Sauver wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you have users who are using (or planning to use) WPA/WPA2
> for wireless access control and link encryption, you should be
> aware that Apple's classic Airport cards, no longer sold by
> Apple itself, do NOT currently support WPA/WPA2 (I've verified
> this with Apple).[1]
>
> This is NOT an issue for current generation Airport Extreme
> cards, JUST for the older "classic" Airport cards. Because of
> physical differences between the Airport and Airport Extreme,
> unfortunately it is not possible to simply upgrade from a
> classic Airport card to an Airport Extreme (e.g., contrast
> "AirPort Card: Compatible Macintosh Computers,"
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106777 with
> "AirPort Extreme Card: Compatible Macintosh Computers,"
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107440 ).
>
> Poking around, I have noticed the third party Mac USB wireless
> card at http://www.afterthemac.com/ -- has anyone tried one of
> these? Do they successfully do WPA or WPA2 (with AES) support?
> Any other alternative WPA/WPA2 product that folks are aware of
> for this sort of situation under OS X 10.3.9?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> Joe St Sauver (joe () oregon uoregon edu)
> http://www.uoregon.edu/~joe/
> Disclaimer: all opinions strictly my own.
>
> Note [1]: http://wireless-starter-kit.com/airportblog/archives/2005/09/
> at September 04, 2005 aludes to being able to do at least WPA-TKIP (but
> not WPA-AES or WPA2) on 10.3 and later with firmware and OS upgrades,
> but in the case I've seen that doesn't appear to be true -- love to
> see a pointer to a successful recipe for this if anyone has specific
> details for even WPA-TKIP on the classic Airport card.

--
- Ken
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Ken Connelly             Associate Director, Security and Systems
ITS Network Services                  University of Northern Iowa
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