my router hates me

[Bob Elzer]

I have a D-Link DI624, I am running WPA2 with AES and PSK.

And I don't have a radius server.

It works fine.

 

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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Craig
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Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 1:29 PM
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Subject: Re: my router hates me

On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 13:14 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote:
> 
> > BTW...
> > You seem to have the router configured for WPA.
> > WPA won't work without some serious tinkering and some other 
> > resources, like servers and all sort of ugly stuff.
> > That may be the source of your problem.
> > Turn it off.
> 
> I haven't seen this mentioned in all the not inconsiderable reading 
> I've done. The only reference I've seen to having to run a server is 
> in connection with WPA/WPA2 and the AES algorithm where there has to 
> be a RADIUS server involved. I'm running WPA with the TKIP algorithm.
> 
> If I'm wrong could you clarify or point me to a source? I ran across 
> this at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb877996.aspx
> 
> "For environments without a RADIUS infrastructure, WPA supports the 
> use of a preshared key. For environments with a RADIUS infrastructure, 
> WPA supports EAP and RADIUS."
> 
> Forgive the source (M$).
> 
> As I mentioned in a previous post, the connection fails with or 
> without encryption enabled.
> 
> Thanks for your continued patience. Between you and the other list 
> members who have responded I know a bit more about networking than 
> when I started.
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There are many forms of WPA but I think you are referring to WPA-PSK which
is a 'pre-shared key' system. You put the pre-shared key into the 'access
point/router' and also provide the same pre-shared key to whatever computer
is trying to connect. WPA-PSK infers both an encryption method and an
authentication method.

WPA (TKIP) or WPA2 (AES) are encryption methods and both would use a
separate backend radius server for authentication.

Craig


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