WPA-PSK ease of setup?

Hi ALL,

Is WPA-PSK easy to set up? and is it also known as CCX? My wireless card is
supposed to support WPA, but in the options it just says WEP and CCX.

Any advice appreciated

Barrie

"Barrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:38c8hrF5igsdmU1
@individual.net:

> Is WPA-PSK easy to set up?
Yes. You just decide on a strong** key phrase that you configure into
the access point or router. You then configure the same phrase into
each client PC's wireless adapter setup. The easy way of doing this
is to decide on the phrase and write it in a text file that you store
on a diskette or flash disk. Then take the stored version around to
each PC and copy and paste it as required.

> and is it also known as CCX?
No. CCX appears to stand for "Cisco-Compatible Extensions", an
unratified potential standard, defined or de facto.


** Where 'strong' means not easily guessed or discoverable by
dictionary or brute-force attack.

A USB pen-drive is great for this sort of transfer.
An investigate whether there are newer drivers for your card that then adds
the WPA-PSK option.

Paul DS.