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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>Hi all,<BR><BR>I use a Avaya gold
wireless pcmcia card for my desktop in Linux, i wonder if<BR>i can use<BR>WPA
with it in Linux.<BR><BR>Avaya gold wireless pcmcia card should have a orinoco
chipset.<BR>1. One driver, the famous orinoco_cs (even of new version),
does not<BR>support WPA (WEP only).<BR>2. Another driver from
Agere,<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.agere.com/mobility/wireless_lan_drivers.html"><FONT
size=3>http://www.agere.com/mobility/wireless_lan_drivers.html</FONT></A><BR><FONT
size=3>support ONLY linux kernel 2.4 .<BR>3. Other drivers, like wavelan2_cs,
dead already.<BR><BR>Question:<BR>1. So how can i use WPA with my Avaya gold
wireless pcmcia card in linux 2.6<BR>(not 2.4) ?<BR>2. If impossible with WPA,
can the driver orinoco_cs support 802.1x? Here<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11b.html#Orinoco"><FONT
size=3>http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11b.html#Orinoco</FONT></A><BR><FONT
size=3>mentions:<BR><BR>"Pavel has integrated in v0.14 many previously external
patches, such as as<BR>support for Wireless Scanning and Wireless Events,
support for Monitor mode<BR>and support for 802.1x."<BR>Is it true,
Pavel?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Henri</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>