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Old 08-09-2006, 01:09 AM
Jeff Liebermann
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Default Re: Win98SE and WPA-PSK incompatibility

On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 01:55:14 +0200, hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel
Hammerschmidt) wrote:

>> Yep, no WPA drivers available (that I can find).

>It's not the driver, it's the supplicant.


The supplicant comes with the driver.

>How much do you pay for your OS updates?


Pay? Well, if I'm desperate $100 of XP Home Upgrade at Staples.
eBay is full of counterfeits so I avoid those.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1921933,00.asp
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1963314,00.asp

>Lots of cards support WPA when used with Buffalo's Client Manager 2
>under Windows 2K, and Win98SE - according to the readme. D-Link DWL-650+
>and Belkin F5D7010 cards do (under W2K) for a start.


I've never tried it but as you previously mentioned, only the older
versions work with non-Buffalo hardware.

>> Just find a 32bit card and try to shove it in the slot. If it doesn't
>> fit, it's a 16 bit slot.


>If it doesn't fit, it's because the voltage (5/3.3) doesn't match.


Wrong. It literally doesn't fit in the slots on the edge of the card.
A 16 bit card will fit in a 32 bit slot, but not the other way around.
Try it and see for thyself.

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