Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

[Gonsolo <gonsolo gmail com>]

Am 17.01.2010 18:04, schrieb Marc Luethi:
> On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 17:37 +0100, Gonsolo wrote:
>
> > It works with WEP64 encryption but not with WPA/WPA2 encryption.
>
> If your notebook sets up an "ad hoc" WiFi network, you can't use WPA or
> WPA2.
>
> AFAIK, the "ad hoc" WiFi mode is still limited to WEP encryption.
>
> With certain hardware/driver combinations it is possible to run your
> hardware in "Access Point mode" - then this restriction does not apply,
> of course.

Ok, thanks. It seems to be "ad hoc". I think my WG511 card would allow 
WPA but I will continue to use WEP for now (since it is the easiest to 
do :) ).

g