23-06-2007, 09:50
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Reading
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Re: Wireless WDS link protocol
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Originally Posted by CrC-3rr0r
Does anyone know what form of encryption if any (!) goes to form a wireless WDS link (ie bridging wireless access points together).
I'm baffled at this one as I'm not sure as to how secure it is  |
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireles...ibution_System
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Dynamically assigned and rotated encryption keys are usually not supported in a WDS connection. This means that dynamic Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and other dynamic key assignment technology in most cases can not be used, though WPA using pre-shared keys is possible. This is due to the lack of regulation in this field, which will hopefully be resolved with the upcoming 802.11s standard. As a result only static WEP or WPA keys may be used in a WDS connection, including any STAs that associate to a WDS repeating AP.
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