[Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?

[Jason LaPier]

AFAIK, the DS won't turn it's WiFi until you start up a game and go into
Multiplayer mode (otherwise it'd be a waste of battery). I doubt there
will be any firmware upgrades for the DS - risking a chance to brick
end-users' DSes just to upgrade the wifi capabilities probably doesn't
appeal to Nintendo. Which sucks (I have one and I'm stuck with WEP + MAC
addy filtering). 

Nice that the Wii updates itself though...

- Jason 



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> From: euglug-bounces at euglug.org 
> [mailto:euglug-bounces at euglug.org] On Behalf Of Spugee at nortopia.net
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 5:03 PM
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?
> 
> Well I got a Wii .. and it found my network with WPA2 no 
> problemo.. if thats any consolation it seems they are catching up.
> 
> The first thing the Wii did was check and upgrade its 
> firmware .. maybe if you just got the DS on long enough to 
> update itself it would then do WPA ?
> 
> Mark
> 
> Rob Hudson wrote:
> > I thought about a 2nd wireless router that did WEP but 
> wouldn't it be 
> > over the same frequency?  Oh, but I just thought about the channels.
> > They could be over different channels, right?
> > 
> > The DS does provide it's MAC address, so I could do it that 
> way.  My 
> > preference would be to buy a cheap WAP and bridge it to the 
> Linksys, 
> > possibly over ethernet and keep them in the same closet.
> > 
> > What else do I need to know?
> > 
> > -Rob
> > 
> > Ben Barrett wrote:
> >> AFAIK the radios support only one [encryption] mode at a 
> time; I've 
> >> seen mode-hopping for certain but not normal uses...
> >> So unless I missed something too I think you'd either need 
> to run a 
> >> 2nd router (or make a 1-1 connection for the DS Lite).
> >> If the current conclusions that WPA is better than WEP 
> hold up, and 
> >> you're using WPA for general usage, then you'd be advised 
> to further 
> >> lock down whatever WEP connection to do bridge to your 
> WAN/LAN, for 
> >> instance:
> >>
> >> Does the DS need to reach only the WAN, or other LAN 
> devices? (aside 
> >> from its ad-hoc wifi -- provide on the routing needed) Can you 
> >> further lock down the WEP radio to only talk to your DS's MAC 
> >> address?  This might hinder visitors' DS's... up to you.
> >>
> >> Seems to me like a spare WEP device ona  system you can control 
> >> routing on would do the trick.  :) If you don't have a routing 
> >> computer power on enough of the time, then it seems like a spare 
> >> cheap router would be needed.
> >>
> >>     Ben
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/8/07, *Rob Hudson* <rob at euglug.net 
> <mailto:rob at euglug.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     I got a Nintendo DS Lite for Christmas.  Unfortunately 
> it doesn't
> >>     support wireless using WPA, only WEP.  Since I don't have any 
> >> hard wired
> >>     systems in my house I'd rather not downgrade the security of my
> >>     wireless.  I've got a Linksys WRT-54 -- one of the 
> good ones, and 
> >> it's
> >>     running the stock software.
> >>
> >>     Is there a way to offer both WPA and WEP from the same 
> router?  Is it
> >>     even a good idea?  Are there other options for keeping 
> my wireless
> >>     secure but allowing my DS Lite to connect?
> >>
> >>     -Rob
> >>
> >>
> >> 
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