WEP and WPA concurrently?

Whilst recent models/firmware of routers and access points support both WEP and WPA security, they don't appear to support the two methods concurrently. Is that the case generally?

Why would you want to do this? Just use WPA

No. There are APs that support WEP and WPA simultaneously. Doing so gives you security as strong as the weakest link: WEP.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

But if most of your traffic is on the WPA side of things, it takes longer for the Bad Ones (SM) to break the keys on the WEP side, yes?

What APs support bboth simultaneously?

Thanks!

From reviews, the SMC2804WBR (SMC Barricade) supports WPA and WEP simultaneously. I do not have one so I can't confirm that.

-Paul C.

brummie wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@home.thx:

... and the make/model is?

Although the standard doesn't mention simultaneous operation of WEP and WPA, I think that all the residential wireless routers support it.

R>>There are APs that support WEP and WPA simultaneously. Doing so gives

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 00:43:48 -0500, Ron Bandes spoketh

Nope. They may support both WEP and WPA, but you have to pick one or the other when you are configuring your wireless network.

Lars M. Hansen

My SMC 2804WBR definitely supports both simultaneously. I believe that others do too.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

"Ron Bandes" wrote in news:3hKzd.19232$J snipped-for-privacy@fe10.lga:

Linksys and Netgear both reported they don't when I asked their support teams.

FWIW my Vigor 2600VG has the option of running both WEP and WPA simultaneously.

However, I tested using a decent PCMCIA card in a laptop (no problem with WEP or WPA) and a crap CF card in my PDA. The later would not connect with WEP, but it has a terrible reputation and dodgy drivers. After an OS upgrade on the PDA it connected with WPA.