[Technical] Wlan problem

[Clark, Ian C]

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From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Hawkins, Terry C
Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2008 3:38 PM
To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
Subject: [Technical] Wlan problem

Hi everyone,
I have a problem I'm sure someone has got around.
I have some small devices (a wireless print server and my mobile phone
etc) that I'd like to connect to the wireless network.
These devices do not support certificates and want a wep key.

Any ideas?
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Hi Terry,

You're best not to use them at all.

They'll require attaching a WAP to your network that only has WEP
encryption.

You may as well leave a long Ethernet cord dangling out your window and
into the street.

Instead, source devices (or firmware upgrades to the devices you have)
that support the Edupass server authentication method - 802.1x. You may
also see it referred to as WPA-Enterprise, Radius or EAP-TLS.

Cheers,
Clarky

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