On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:21:21 -0500, Robert Coe <bob@1776.COM> wrote:

>BTW, another glitch in that model is that the WPA2 "shared secret" is limited
>to 20 characters. Didn't someone in this very newsgroup recommend using at
>least 22? Some APs, I believe, allow 63.

The allowed length can be anything from 8 to 63 ASCII characters. See
comments in:
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

The WAP54GP should not have passed Wi-Fi WPA certification if the key
length is limited to only 20 characters. It appears it passed WPA
certification (Certification ID W003486) but not WPA2. I can see why:
| http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs...d_products.php

Sorry, no clue on the VLAN problem.

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