WPA on 802.11b

Do any 802.11b devices support WPA?

I'm looking for USB and Compact Flash cards, neither of which seem to be
available in 54G, and it only seems to be 54G devices that support WPA. Is
there any reason for this?

"Nicholas F Hodder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Do any 802.11b devices support WPA?
>
> I'm looking for USB and Compact Flash cards, neither of which seem to be
> available in 54G, and it only seems to be 54G devices that support WPA.
Is
> there any reason for this?
>

Sure. The reason is that 802.11g is the new technology and the companies
are spending more R&D on it. Also, the drivers are actively being worked
on, since the 11g specification was just finalized a few months ago.
Companies are much more apt to spend the time and energy on new products
that legacy products. It's just smart business.

Some companies are going back as they have time and putting WPA into legacy
11b products, but I would not hold your breath for a specific driver.
Netgear, for example has one 11b card they have added support and their
website says they may update the drive in other devices soon.

"Nicholas F Hodder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Do any 802.11b devices support WPA?
>
> I'm looking for USB and Compact Flash cards, neither of which seem to
> be available in 54G, and it only seems to be 54G devices that support
> WPA. Is there any reason for this?

Linksys has done some b updates. In fact, I've downloaded the upgrade for
my WPC11. But, there is no upgrade yet (I hope there will be) for my
WAP11.

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"Phillip T. Murphy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sure. The reason is that 802.11g is the new technology and the companies
> are spending more R&D on it. Also, the drivers are actively being worked
> on, since the 11g specification was just finalized a few months ago.
> Companies are much more apt to spend the time and energy on new products
> that legacy products. It's just smart business.

That's exactly the impression I had. Thanks for confirming it.

However, there are some new 11b products whose low speed is because of
technical restrictions, e.g. USB keys by Buffalo and Netgear. USB (when
universally compatible) can be a maximum of 12Mbps, so these devices could
not be 54g. I am disappointed that the manufacturers have not bothered to
release WPA compatible drivers for these new USB products.

Also, what about Compact Flash? Is there any technical reason why none have
been released in 54g versions?

"Nicholas F Hodder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Also, what about Compact Flash? Is there any technical reason why none
have
> been released in 54g versions?

I don't understand the question. Compact Flash is a memory card standard.
I am not aware of any networking products adapted to work with the compact
flash slots. (I could be wrong, but have not seen it).

here's just one link from a google search for compact flash wireless:
http://reiter.weblogger.com/2003/01/09

"Phillip T. Murphy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Nicholas F Hodder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bl3f7p$7101m$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Also, what about Compact Flash? Is there any technical reason why none
> have
> > been released in 54g versions?
>
> I don't understand the question. Compact Flash is a memory card standard.
> I am not aware of any networking products adapted to work with the compact
> flash slots. (I could be wrong, but have not seen it).
>
>
>

"nuttin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> here's just one link from a google search for compact flash wireless:
> http://reiter.weblogger.com/2003/01/09
>

Thanks for the link. Learn something new every day.