Originally posted by: marulee
Originally posted by: nweaver
Originally posted by: marulee
Originally posted by: nweaver
sorry, but you are talking nonsense. WPA versus WEP has NOTHING to do with voltage... and no laptop made in the last few years will have wireless encryption problems just because it's unplugged...
I know because I have done wireless testing for the major makres and major laptop vendors
WPA requires more processing power than WEP when it is decrypting from the gateway, and signal replies from adapter with the encryption. Eventually, router and laptop will use more power than other security since there are much more traffics! As we all know, passphrase and standard limited characters inputs for the security require complete different procedures for the processor.
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Different =! more
WPA does not require more processing power, it does require more to brute force/crack, but not just to use. it's like the users who spread the "WPA slows down your network" FUD. I have tested many laptops/cards and speed is pretty much the same Open/none all the way up to PEAP/WPA2.
OP, I would guess a flakey DHCP server in the router. I would update F/W and see if it fixes it, otherwise try a static IP and see how that works.
It is true that WPA is a built-in mechanism which client will not frequently re-authenticate. (After WPA which temporal key integrity protocol takes over and creates a key to encrypt all traffic from that point on. After a set interval, the AP develops a new key, that part is all automatic.)
But client session is a credential and up to date by manually.
Then is not 'force/crack' requires more power systematically depends on the setup? ..although it's minor.
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