Wireless Network Authentication Setting: Open vs. Shared

["Andrew McIntosh" <amcintosh () networkadvocates com>]

Hello,

Can anybody explain the difference between the 'Open' and 'Shared'
values in the Network Authentication field on the wireless settings box
in Windows? That's always been a gray area for me. Also, does Windows
(or any other program) ever reset that value to 'Open' for some reason?

Thanks!

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Andrew McIntosh
Email: AMcIntosh () NTAD com
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