On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
-for the general public, set the AP's with both an essid and a key, in
Infrastructure mode (managed).
-for the aodv public, convene to use a different essid and a different
key and ad-hoc mode. If the aodv people need several ad-hoc mode
subnets, just set yet another essid+key; of course all essid's and
key's must be different each compared to the other.
[...]
Exactly what problem is being solved by the introduction of a key?
My perception is that it brings more problems than it fixes (as you
stated), and gives a wrong sense of security to boot.
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