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MrTangent
Mar 15, 2009, 05:36 AM
So the new Airport Extreme has two radios and allows one to use 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz simultaneously with 802.11 a/b/g/n in various configurations on either band.

My question is this, can you use different types of encryption for each band/radio or are you forced to use one for all?

What I'd like to do is have 2.4 ghz running 802.11 b/g for an older iBook and my iPhone using WEP encryption. Then have 5 ghz running 802.11n using WPA2 encryption. Both will use MAC address filtering to also tighten security a little.

Lastly, can the guest login also use it's own type of encryption (or lack thereof) independent of the above?

Thanks!



tufaw
Mar 15, 2009, 06:01 AM
My question is this, can you use different types of encryption for each band/radio or are you forced to use one for all?Don't know, sorry.

Lastly, can the guest login also use it's own type of encryption (or lack thereof) independent of the above?It appears so:
http://images.apple.com/airportextreme/features/images/frequency_share20090303.jpg

MrTangent
Mar 22, 2009, 05:52 AM
Anyone know?

MrTangent
Mar 22, 2009, 05:53 AM
Don't know, sorry.

It appears so:
http://images.apple.com/airportextreme/features/images/frequency_share20090303.jpg

Thanks, tufaw, still wondering on the other question though.