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Old 07-09-2005   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 2marshall8
So you can't use this option on a wap that has encryption? What is the point then, That voids the whole purpose of this option. I must be missing something here.
Yes you can, no it doesn't, and yes you are.

Read up on Open, and Shared key authentication in the 802.11 specs. You can run encryption with either Open authentication (which is the more secure of the two), Shared key authentication, and on most AP's with automatic Open or Shared key authentication.
The authentication procedure is seperate from the encryption procedure.

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