topic 1310 bridge - transparent to local WEP'ed traffic? in Wireless

1310 bridge - transparent to local WEP'ed traffic?

scanaan — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:33:48 GMT

we have a 1310 connecting two buildings networks.

inside each building we have a wireless network (Intermec access points).

we are implementing WEP on the Intermec AP's.

will the cisco 1310 allow the wep traffic without interference?

or would i need to modify the 1310 somehow?

1310 bridge - transparent to local WEP'ed traffic?

Nicolas Darchis — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:54:21 GMT

You're not understanding how things work.

WEP is happening between your client and the AP where they are associated. As soon as the AP sends the traffic over the network, it's normal wired traffic. No WEP.

So the 1310 will receive traffic and forward it to the other building without problem.

You can also configure wep on the 2 bridges, so they would re-encrypt the packets over the air. Wireless encryption is direclty point-to-point, not end-to-end.

By the way, why are you still using wep ? Are you sure WPA wouldn't be better ? 🙂

1310 bridge - transparent to local WEP'ed traffic?

George Stefanick — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:04:39 GMT

Nick ... I love your tack ... LOL 5+