Jeff Weisberg on Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:25:43 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] WiFI config


| Silver will only do 64-bit WEP, gold will do 128-bit WEP. But since
| WEP is intrinsically flawed anyway and you'll have to run IPSec to
| actually get any security, who cares?

the lock on your front-door is intrinsically flawed (there are known
exploits), yet you continue to use it?

"some security" is always better than "no security".

using WEP is certainly better than running wide-open.


| > do they both have external antenna provision ?
| 
| I thought not, but there seems to be a little unscrewable nubbin in
| the end of my card, so perhaps it's possible to attach an antenna.

that "nubbin" is an end-cap. you can pop it out with a finger nail,
exposing a tiny connector for an antenna.

| (I can't help you much with Linux driver-specific; I don't use wifi
| on Linux, only on NetBSD.)

what he said.


	--jeff

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