Re: [WinMac] Sysco Aeronet and Apple Airport

From: Curtis Wilcox (cwcx[at]mail.rochester.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2001 - 11:12:23 PDT

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    At 10:41 AM 8/21/2001 -0700, Darryl Lee wrote:
    > > My question to the Win-Mac list is this: does anyone on the list
    > > have experience with attempting to make compatible Sysco Aeronet
    > > wireless with Apple Airport?
    >
    >Hi Kit. First of all, let's be clear here. You're talking about
    >Cisco Aironet, right? Because Sysco is a company that makes cafeteria
    >supplies. (And whose stock is *far* less volatile than that of the
    >network equipment manufacturer. :)
    >
    >Anyways, found an article that discusses the proprietary system that
    >Cisco uses for security in its 350 models:
    >
    >http://www.networkcomputing.com/1203/1203sp1.html
    >
    >Basically, it rotates WEP keys, and generates them more securely.
    >
    >And here's Cisco's "response to researchers" which spins their
    >incompatible system as a security "feature":
    >
    >http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/witc/ao350ap/prodlit/1281_pp.htm
    >
    >As i recall, the 340 series of Cisco access points had an 802.11b
    >compatibility mode that could be turned on. i imagine that the newer
    >access points should also be able to use this feature to make them
    >work with AirPort and other non-Cisco cards.

    Thanks for the good links Darryl. I had thought about the proprietary
    security thing but since Kit seemed to be saying they could access *some*
    things on the 'net I assumed that couldn't be a problem.

    >But they'll probably tell you that they don't want to run in
    >compatible mode because they want to use Cisco's proprietary security.
    >Oh well, at least the Cisco cards have Mac drivers. That's more than
    >you can say for most of the other 802.11b cards out there.

    But anyone with an iBook will be SOL because the iBook doesn't have a PC
    Card slot and Cisco doesn't seem to sell a USB version of their client adapter. 

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