Apple left out support for 802.11i, secure wireless networking WAP2

Question

We just bought this iMac from Apple in July, and I'm very unhappy that Apple designed the AirPort networking for one generation earlier security with wireless networking.
The 802.11i standard, which supports very secure WAP2 without the need for a Radius Server (I believe 802.11i refers to this as personal mode) was adopted by the IEEE in 2004.
Apparently, 2 years isn't enough time for Apple to get the correct chipset into the computer. This system supports the earlier standards only, WAP and WEP. To achieve the newer standard requires a different chipset in the AirPort hardware. Apple supports 802.11i in the stand-alone AirPort gateways, and may support it in the newer Intel Core 2 Duo systems as well. Grumble, grumble, grumble.
For Apple marketing and customer support folks reading this, I'd appreciate your thoughts and suggestions on fixing this.
iMac Intel Core Duo 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iMac Intel Core Duo 17"   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Answer 1

"I can find no indication of an Apple AirPort product that says it is capable of WPA2"
mrwheels,
You sound like someone looking for an argument. I'm not sure what the relevance of your statement really is, and I've also never heard of 802.11i. The only standards I've heard of are "b" and "g," not "i." Why don't you fill me in, as I've been using WPA2 since earlier this year? I believe my system automatically updated to it from WPA during one of the software updates, I think it was 10.4.6 in April, as I specifically recall having one iMac that was encrypted with WPA while another had WPA2. There was some sort of temporary issue that occurred with that setup, but, unfortunately, I can't remember what it was, since it lasted such a short time (the few minutes until I installed the update on the second iMac, as I recall).
Since the update was not a problem for me, the job of reading the update read-me's to determine exactly when it occurred will have to fall to you. In addition, if you look back at these discussion threads during the time from Jan to April, you will see that there were a goodly number of users who were having severe AirPort connection problems with their Core Duo iMacs. I wasn't one of them. They ALL reported having their problems resolved with the installation of the 10.4.6 software update.
I am using WPA2 on my four 20-inch Core Duo iMacs [purchased at three different times from two different Apple sources] as well as my G4 iBook and other Macs. They have been using WPA2 on both an AirPort Express base station network, and, at a different location, on an AirPort Extreme base station network, both of which are more than two years old. No matter what Apple's printed materials disclose, WPA2 is in fact supported.
"Apple is selling products that are 2 years behind in supporting a critical wireless security standard"
Based on what I've stated, and the fact that there are many Discussions members also using WPA2 with their AirPort base stations, that is baloney:))
Message was edited by: myhighway