802.11g And Wpa?, supported at all on any ROM any version? Options

[speculatrix]

has anyone gotten an 802.11g card to work, and with WPA?

snag is at work they only want to run 11g and WPA (Apple airport extreme) on their wireless lan for security; there's only a vague chance they would drop it down to 802.11b (if the Senior Sysadmin decides to get an iPaq with wlan)... but will definitely stick with WPA.

I would get murdered if I put up my own access point (and rightly so!), so I'd have to use bluetooth, which is OK for surfing but not for file transfer.

I would be happy to choose ANY rom, and I have quite a lot of experience with linux and 802.11~ from hacking together an access point with the Keith Smith OpenSTA/OpenAP stuff on a eumitcom single board computer, so am not afraid of getting my hands dirty!

thanks for any thoughts
Paul

[speculatrix]

I decided to ask Linksys if they would provide a linux/opensource driver for their card. Here is what they answered:

Customer 04/08/2005 04:07 PM
Hi,
I would like to use the compact flash 802.11g on linux - 802.11b cards are unsuitable as my employer runs in g-mode only. Aare there any plans to provide any linux support for this card at all?

thanks
Paul

Response (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 04/08/2005 08:36 PM
Dear Paul,

Thank you for contacting Linksys Customer Support.

I apologize but we do not have any information about your inquiry at this moment. All our adapters are designed for Windows only to work. You may ask Linux support what they could recommend you to use. However, you may visit our website anytime to keep you posted.

Thank you.

If none of them works please feel free to email us again or you may call our technical support toll free hotline (800)-326-7114 open 24x7 so that we could further assist you. Please use this phone number given if you have further questions and as reference for future support calls.

[I snipped a few things from the reply, including their standard "not to be published" disclaimer]

Paul