Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and wep

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:38:34 -0400, Understudy wrote:

Mark Madsen wrote:
On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Understudy wrote:

I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to
grab
an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.

I probably can't help you with the WEP problem, but by coincidence I
have one of the same wireless routers. I can tell you that if you
upgrade the DI-514 to the latest firmware, it will magically acquire
the ability to handle WPA. It will also, incidentally, also become
able to set the time correctly from an NTP server (a feature which is
apparently present, but broken, in the original firmware).

I go the upgrade it went from 1.02 to 1.03. There was no option for WPA.
Did I miss something?

I would check for you, but my DI-514 has been retired and is sitting in a
box somewhere. I confess I have no recollection what the latest firmware
version should be, but googling shows 1.03 with the note:

"# D-Link DI-514 Wireless Router Firmware 1.03.Added WPA and WPA-PSK
support
# Added Radio ON / OFF option on Wireless Page
# Modified the Time page - Adding Local Computer Time Option."
.

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