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shadowz1337 is offline shadowz1337
2010-11-16 , 22:07
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Hi guys, recently I upgraded my router and it uses the WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK Mixed. Also, it uses TKIP & AES.

Basically it's an even more enhanced security compared to WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK. The "Mixed" part is basically a mix of the 2, so any device that uses the better one (WPA2-PSK) will use it, otherwise it'll just use WPA-PSK. Google for more info if you need.


Anyway I can't get my N900 to connect. My iPod Touch connects fine, but my N900 couldn't for some reason. I also tried my ISP's given DNS address, where it works on my laptop and my PC as well as on my iPod Touch (they won't work without the specific DNS address), but on my N900 it doesn't work....

Any ideas??
 
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2010-11-16 , 22:23
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FYI: You may want to disable TKIP. It's been cracked pretty nastily, and provides little security. (In fact, it's almost easier to hack than WEP.)

I have WPA2-PSK with AES enabled and it works fine with PR1.3. One thing to check is to make sure you delete and access points with the same SSID. If you've named your new router the same name, that may be the problem. I know when I did that I had problems connecting initially.
 
shadowz1337 is offline shadowz1337
2010-11-16 , 22:31
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Originally Posted by woody14619 View Post
FYI: You may want to disable TKIP. It's been cracked pretty nastily, and provides little security. (In fact, it's almost easier to hack than WEP.)

I have WPA2-PSK with AES enabled and it works fine with PR1.3. One thing to check is to make sure you delete and access points with the same SSID. If you've named your new router the same name, that may be the problem. I know when I did that I had problems connecting initially.
thanks for da reply. My router isn't using the same SSID, I had a DLINK one previously and never bothered to change the SSDI, which takes the default name of the router's brand. This new one i have is different so the SSDI is different and never needed to be changed anyway....
 
v13 is offline v13
2010-11-16 , 22:42
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Originally Posted by shadowz1337 View Post
Hi guys, recently I upgraded my router and it uses the WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK Mixed. Also, it uses TKIP & AES.

Basically it's an even more enhanced security compared to WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK. The "Mixed" part is basically a mix of the 2, so any device that uses the better one (WPA2-PSK) will use it, otherwise it'll just use WPA-PSK. Google for more info if you need.
I had some problems with a similar setup. I suggest you don't mix WPA2 with TKIP, since WPA2 is supposed to be using AES (no?).
 
shadowz1337 is offline shadowz1337
2010-11-16 , 23:35
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thanks guys, I got it working.

Now i'm using WPA2-PSK with AES. The problem with this is, older computers that only use WPA-PSK won't be able to connect, which is why initially i had the WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK Mixed option in the first place.....

oh well.
 
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2010-11-18 , 00:22
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Originally Posted by shadowz1337 View Post
thanks guys, I got it working.

Now i'm using WPA2-PSK with AES. The problem with this is, older computers that only use WPA-PSK won't be able to connect, which is why initially i had the WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK Mixed option in the first place.....

oh well.
That means you leave your computer at risk since someone can crack the WPA-PSK easily.
 
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2010-11-20 , 13:27
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Originally Posted by tirtawn View Post
That means you leave your computer at risk since someone can crack the WPA-PSK easily.
How exactly can someone "easily" crack WPA-PSK?
 
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2010-11-23 , 14:31
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Originally Posted by v13 View Post
How exactly can someone "easily" crack WPA-PSK?
Maybe not "easily", but:

http://www.scmagazineuk.com/wifi-is-...rticle/119294/

http://www.h-online.com/newsticker/n...ck-738049.html

http://www.h-online.com/newsticker/n...es-738017.html
 
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