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Old 6th June 2008
Serge Serge is offline
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Yes the wireless connection is configured to use DHCP.

I managed to get the Linux client to connect to the WAP and DHCP successfully! Just the wpa_supplicant startup script needed a little massaging. =)

Vista is still being stubborn and not giving up any dough on what's happening, though the driver seems to be fully capable...
Code:
netsh wlan>show drivers

Interface name: Wireless Network Connection

    Driver                    : Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB 2.0
Network Adapter
    Vendor                    : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Provider                  : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Date                      : 2007-10-23
    Version                   : 5.1304.1023.2007
    INF file                  : C:\Windows\INF\oem1.inf
    Files                     : 1 total
                                C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\RTL8187.sys
    Type                      : Legacy Wi-Fi Driver
    Radio types supported     : DSSS 802.11g
    FIPS 140-2 mode supported : No
    Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:
                                Open            None
                                Open            WEP
                                Shared          None
                                Shared          WEP
                                WPA-Enterprise  TKIP
                                WPA-Enterprise  CCMP
                                WPA-Personal    TKIP
                                WPA-Personal    CCMP
                                WPA-None        TKIP
                                WPA-None        CCMP
                                WPA2-Enterprise TKIP
                                WPA2-Enterprise CCMP
                                WPA2-Personal   TKIP
                                WPA2-Personal   CCMP
    Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode:
                                Open            WEP
                                Shared          WEP
                                Open            None
                                Shared          None
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