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Topic: shared authentication options please

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It seems there is no option to force shared authentication with WEP. Is it possible to implement this, or is there a reason why there is no option?

What is a shared authentication for WEP ?

What is a shared authentication for WEP ?

From the Linksys documentation:

Shared Secret Authentication:
The Linksys Wireless Access Point (WAP) supports three authentication setting; open systems authentication,shared-key association, and both. Open systems authentication permits any client to use the WAP as long as they know the SSID. Shared-key authentication uses the WEP key as a shared-key to be exchanged between the client and the WAP as a simple form of authentication. WEP must be enabled to use shared-key authentication. The both setting permits either or these methods to work. The default method in the Linksys WAP is “Both”. The authentication type is changed by going to the Advanced tab and then the wireless tab and selecting “Shared Key” from the “Authentication Type” drop down menu.

Although the out-of-the-box WRT54G(S) have the configuration option for this, it seems there is no configuration option to set the authentication method with OpenWRT.

shouldn't it be just a iwconfig command or may be wl if that is supported ? These thing seems to be either handled by the hardware or the closed source modules.

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