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Skriven 2007-02-23 11:09:02 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Beware the Apple AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com>


"RobertB" <missinglink@cloud9.net> wrote in message
news:missinglink-4E578B.10454223022007@news.barkto.com...
> In article <45de33fe$1@w3.nls.net>,
> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "RobertB" <missinglink@cloud9.net> wrote in message
>> news:missinglink-3F3B3B.18144722022007@news.barkto.com...
>> > In article <45ddbf2e$1@w3.nls.net>,
>> > >
>> > Wait, do you have the new Airport Extreme base station? Apparently, the
>> > damn thing spontaneously reboots itself from time to time. Read that
>> > today on Ars Technica.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> Nope I have a Netgear WPN824 that I use as my primary wireless router and
>> a
>> 2-wire 2700HG that is also my DSL modem
>>
>> The only models that I've experienced spontaneous reboots with were from
>> D-Link.
>
> I see.
>
>>
>> I was using WEP encryption only because of a wireless HP all-in-one that
>> couldn't do wpa. Last night I just bit the bullet and switched both
>> routers
>> to wpa and connected the printer to the wired network.
>
> No problems? WPA is the more recent encryption standard, isn't it?

Yes - It's more secure.  The point is that if Apple felt it inappropriate just
don't offer it. Yet Apple does and they should fix it's problems instead of
offering the excuse that it's not recent
>
>
>>
>> I've  used the older WEP encryption for numerous routers, notebooks,
>> Sony
>> PSP, Nintendo DS & Wii, HP PSC 2510 with no problems until I added a
>> Macbook
>> and Mac mini. In addition the only problems I've ever heard regarding WEP
>> were with security issues ( far easier to break ).  I suppose Apple may
>> have
>> did me a favor with their lackadaisical approach to updates and testing
>> but
>> were this Microsoft they would have been crucified for a similar
>> attitude.
>> IMO Apple's doc ( link below ) that implies using WEP is a challenge is
>> primarily valid if you use Apple equipment
>>
>> The other issue that really gets to me is that OS X appears to have no
>> equivalent to XP's System Restore/Create Checkpoint to restore system
>> software to a known configuration. I hear rumblings that OS X 10.5 is
>> supposed to address that with 'Time Machine'. Currently Apple users (
>> from
>> what I've seen on their discussion forums ) just do a full reload of the
>> operating system ( with archive) to solve the problem of bad updates -
>> quite
>> a lously solution if ya ask me
>
> You can do an Archive and Install, yes, but that's basically a
> reinstallation of the OS that keeps your old applications and settings.
> Not my idea of a solution either. However, be aware that Macintouch and
> MacFixIt basically focus on users that have had problems. It's probably
> a very small subset of the installed base. But yeah, AFAIK, there's no
> system restore. I guess that would be a backup set if you have one.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058
>>
>> Choosing and using a WEP password can be a challenge, because WEP is an
>> older security protocol that was developed before members of the Wi-Fi
>> Alliance had agreed on a uniform way to treat passwords. The result is
>> that
>> a WEP password may not work for all computers in a multiplatform
>> environment.
>
> That's an Apple quote? If so, maybe the problem is the standard and not
> Apple's implementation of it?

Well  from  my experience Apple is the only manufacturer that implemented a
half-baked WEP implementation. Apple can argue standards all they wish but if
everything else I've used - from small handhelds ( DS, PSP ),  non Apple
notebooks, usb wireless adapters, Wii,  can get it right. I'd suggest Apple
look at how the rest of the world ( Blasphemy  -  I know ) applies similar
standards.

  After I switched the routers from WEP to wpa I no longer get the Macbook
wireless network loss after a long ( over night ) sleep

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