WPA for MN-500?

I bought the MN-500 about a year ago and back then MS
said that it would not include WPA encryption. Does
anyone know if they plan to offer it at any point? Or are
they going to force everyone to upgrade to the MN-700? It
seems that it wouldn't be too hard to do with a firmware
upgrade.

None of the 802.11b hardware made by any manufacture at the time the
MN-500 was released supports WPA. I doubt it ever will.

Marv wrote:
> I bought the MN-500 about a year ago and back then MS
> said that it would not include WPA encryption. Does
> anyone know if they plan to offer it at any point? Or are
> they going to force everyone to upgrade to the MN-700? It
> seems that it wouldn't be too hard to do with a firmware
> upgrade.

Both the MN-520 and the MN-510 Microsoft Broadband Networking devices have
updates which allow WPA, if you apply the updates listed for the MN-700.
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"joker" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> None of the 802.11b hardware made by any manufacture at the time the
> MN-500 was released supports WPA. I doubt it ever will.
>

I meant routers. Not the NICs. I should have been more specific.

Chris H. wrote:
> Both the MN-520 and the MN-510 Microsoft Broadband Networking devices have
> updates which allow WPA, if you apply the updates listed for the MN-700.

8-) Good idea, since they're 802.11b devices, too.
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"joker" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I meant routers. Not the NICs. I should have been more specific.
>
> Chris H. wrote:
>> Both the MN-520 and the MN-510 Microsoft Broadband Networking devices
>> have updates which allow WPA, if you apply the updates listed for the
>> MN-700.
>

How do I do that? Download the MN-700 firmware and
install it manually? From where I get the firmware?

>-----Original Message-----
>8-) Good idea, since they're 802.11b devices, too.
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
>"joker" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>I meant routers. Not the NICs. I should have been
more specific.
>>
>> Chris H. wrote:
>>> Both the MN-520 and the MN-510 Microsoft Broadband
Networking devices
>>> have updates which allow WPA, if you apply the
updates listed for the
>>> MN-700.
>>
>
>
>.
>

Download from here, then run the update:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...Downloads.aspx
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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do I do that? Download the MN-700 firmware and
> install it manually? From where I get the firmware?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>8-) Good idea, since they're 802.11b devices, too.
>>--
>>Chris H.
>>Microsoft Windows MVP
>>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>Associate Expert
>>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>>"joker" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I meant routers. Not the NICs. I should have been
> more specific.
>>>
>>> Chris H. wrote:
>>>> Both the MN-520 and the MN-510 Microsoft Broadband
> Networking devices
>>>> have updates which allow WPA, if you apply the
> updates listed for the
>>>> MN-700.
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>