Every time I check their site or via google, I find a "WEP (WPA coming soon)" message. "Soon" is a long time coming. I have problems with using 128k WEP keys on my Pretec SDIO card to a Netgear 834 box, it works at 64k but won't authenticate at 128k (other gear works to the Netgear at 128k WEP key size so I think the Netgear is innocent).
Hence I'd love a new Pretec driver for WPA. Anyone heard?
I've had luck with other vendors with WiFi certified product by going to the WiFi cert folks and asking how they got certification without WPA. One questy from the certification agency offering to pull their cert is worth thousands of customers calling to ask for their drivers...
It has been or quite a while now, see
I wasn't aware that WPA might be a certification requirement, it certainly looks like a good angle of "attack" as it were. I've sent off a message using their web form since if you google for Pretec WPA there are *oodles* of web sites with the same "coming soon" message dating from mid 2004. Call me impatient but mid 2004 is beyond "shortly" or "soon". :-)
Very interesting site, thanks. It doesn't have any "Pretec" listed (unless wi-fi certifies by the real chip mfu too?) which might explain their tardiness in issuing WPA drivers.
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