wireless authentication

[ekdya]

HI
I need to change my wireless authentication from WPA-PSK to WEP-open or WEP-shared. what problems would I expect and how to fix them if I have to not connect via WPA... thx

[sjthinkpader]

I've used WEP for many years and in a residential area is pretty safe. You can get a later card for your A31 and keep WPA-PSK. I am using a Ralink 11n card in my A31p now.

Or you can use MAC address filtering and be rid of the authentication problems.

I've always used Shared instead of Open SSIDs.

[RealBlackStuff]

OT: this name Ralink keeps popping up, but never in a negative way.
Is Ralink (so much) better than Atheros?

[sjthinkpader]

No, it just was the first 11n miniPCI card available at the time. It actually is associated with some of the cheapest network gear in the business such as Airlink101. I have been buying one Ralink equipped WiFi router every year; 11g MIMO, 11 pre N, 11 pre N with gigabit ethernet switch. Since it can work at 300Mb rate, GE makes a lot of sense.

Today I have an Atheros 11n miniPCI card in my T42p. It works but like all non-IBM cards, not fully with Access Connections.