From: Joost Tr (broodjepindakaashotmail.com)
Date: Thu Oct 06 2005 - 16:40:15 CDT

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Here's an explenation of open vs shared
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8645211~reverse=0;days=10;root=wlan;mode=full

>From: Nikolaus Hiebaum <newshiebaum.org>
>To: OpenBSD mailing list - misc <miscopenbsd.org>
>Subject: Re: WLAN (Linksys WPC111) + WEP
>Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:03:50 +0200 (CEST)
>
>* Joost Tr wrote on Oct 6, 2005 [10:00, -0000] :
>
> > can you connect with open authentication (-A 1) when you set to open
>auth.
> > AP too
>
>Yes, with open authentication it works. I am not savvy enough to understand
>the difference.
>What is the difference between open and shared key? And what does it mean
>that the open auth.
>works and the shared one doesn't?
>
>--
>Beste Gr|_e / Best regards ,
>Nikolaus Hiebaum

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