Re: [MLUG] Plain text wep key?

["Daniel Nowlin" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I thing I read on neowin a while back that somebody was working on a new 
.11? standard that would go farther then the current B & G standards and go 
faster then G.

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From: "McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: "MLUG Members" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 15:44
Subject: RE: [MLUG] Plain text wep key?


>> Hmm, with the 802.11a stuff, thought it was much slower and shorter
>> range than the 802.11g?  Wasn't it 802.11i or something like that that
>> was going to use the same band as 802.11a, but add security and range
>> as well as speed?
>> Jason
>
> It is shorter range, but it is the same speed as 802.11g under ideal 
> conditions, and better than 802.11g in less-than-ideal conditions.
>
> AFAIK, 802.11i is only a security-related standard, much like how 802.1D 
> is the bridging standard, regardless of the topology it's used with.  In 
> theory, you could deploy 802.11i on an 802.11a, b, or g network.
>
> The above is hardly Gospel, but reflects what I'm reading in the 
> NetworkWorld article on 802.11i right now.  ;-)
>
> --J
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