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06-30-2008, 2:38 AM
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Does anyone know if WEP and WPA2 is directly related to the hardware of wifi devices, or is it just a firmware/software thing? I was thinking to buy an old 802.11g router on ebay but saw it only supported WEP and was wondering if it could be flashed to support WPA2?  ...any ideas?
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06-30-2008, 12:27 PM
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Wow, never really thought about it. I would assume that its software related because you can change the security really fast. Do you know the make and model. I can check some of the opensource firmware and see if they'll enable the WPA.
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I e-mailed Buffalo tech support, and their reply was:Quote:
I found this on wikipedia, which shows WEP devices can be flashed to WPA, but no mention of WPA2 Quote:
If anyone finds out, please let me know! 
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