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| 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 ?
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| 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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