Re: Current status of restricted mode

Hi Michael,

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Michael Stevens wrote:

> A while back you discussed the use of restricted mode.
> > restricted mode with the at76c503 means "don't accept unencrypted data
> > packets" only, while shared key authentication is configured by
> >         iwpriv wlanX auth_mode 1
> >
> > That's a bit historic, the meaning of "restricted" with iwconfig wasn't
> > clear to me a year ago and so "shared key" auth got an own command.
> >
> > I'll change it unless someone objects with good arguments
>
> I certainly don't object!
> I am currently trying to setup some system with multiple iwconfig settings and
> avoiding iwpriv or module parameter. Did you make this change yet to CVS? The
> code for auth_mode seems still to be there. So I am a bit confused as to the
> current status.
>
> Anyway thanks for all your hard work.

Nick is currently adapting the iw_handler part of the driver
in an cvs branch called new_iw_handler, which will be, after some testing,
merged back into the main cvs, and that change will be part of it.

/Jörg