Acquire an IP with WEP

I asked this in a previous thread, but don't think I explained it well enough.

I am having problems aquiring a network address when I have WEP enabled on
the Access Point.
With no WEP, it connects instantly, and I am assigned an IP via the AP's
DCHP server. It connects easily using Wireless zero and with a 3rd party
(netgear) on another machine.

When I enable WEP, the wireless zero machine is unable to obtain and IP and
connects with "little or no connectivity". Though the netgear stuff works
fine. How do i make the windows wireless zero obtain an IP when WEP is
enabled?
And why does it work without WEP and not with?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

This sounds exactly as if WEP is not configured properly.

Are both "ends" of the wireless connection set exactly the same (WEP
enabled, WEP-type (64-bit or 128-bit), transmitted key (1,2,3, or 4),
Key value or pass phrase).

If you are using wireless zero configuration, remove any software
supplied with the network card. You need one or the other, but not both.

Lance
*****


Kevin Taylor thought carefully and wrote on 10/10/2004 5:07 AM:
> I asked this in a previous thread, but don't think I explained it well enough.
>
> I am having problems aquiring a network address when I have WEP enabled on
> the Access Point.
> With no WEP, it connects instantly, and I am assigned an IP via the AP's
> DCHP server. It connects easily using Wireless zero and with a 3rd party
> (netgear) on another machine.
>
> When I enable WEP, the wireless zero machine is unable to obtain and IP and
> connects with "little or no connectivity". Though the netgear stuff works
> fine. How do i make the windows wireless zero obtain an IP when WEP is
> enabled?
> And why does it work without WEP and not with?
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.

Both sides are set to 128-bit, with a key value of 1

"Lance" wrote:

> This sounds exactly as if WEP is not configured properly.
>
> Are both "ends" of the wireless connection set exactly the same (WEP
> enabled, WEP-type (64-bit or 128-bit), transmitted key (1,2,3, or 4),
> Key value or pass phrase).
>
> If you are using wireless zero configuration, remove any software
> supplied with the network card. You need one or the other, but not both.
>
> Lance
> *****
>
>
> Kevin Taylor thought carefully and wrote on 10/10/2004 5:07 AM:
> > I asked this in a previous thread, but don't think I explained it well enough.
> >
> > I am having problems aquiring a network address when I have WEP enabled on
> > the Access Point.
> > With no WEP, it connects instantly, and I am assigned an IP via the AP's
> > DCHP server. It connects easily using Wireless zero and with a 3rd party
> > (netgear) on another machine.
> >
> > When I enable WEP, the wireless zero machine is unable to obtain and IP and
> > connects with "little or no connectivity". Though the netgear stuff works
> > fine. How do i make the windows wireless zero obtain an IP when WEP is
> > enabled?
> > And why does it work without WEP and not with?
> >
> > Any help would be very much appreciated.
>

This is a common problem after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2. The
only reliable way to get this to work is disable wireless zero configuration
and use the network card software.

Jonathan

"Kevin Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Both sides are set to 128-bit, with a key value of 1
>
> "Lance" wrote:
>
>> This sounds exactly as if WEP is not configured properly.
>>
>> Are both "ends" of the wireless connection set exactly the same (WEP
>> enabled, WEP-type (64-bit or 128-bit), transmitted key (1,2,3, or 4),
>> Key value or pass phrase).
>>
>> If you are using wireless zero configuration, remove any software
>> supplied with the network card. You need one or the other, but not both.
>>
>> Lance
>> *****
>>
>>
>> Kevin Taylor thought carefully and wrote on 10/10/2004 5:07 AM:
>> > I asked this in a previous thread, but don't think I explained it well
>> > enough.
>> >
>> > I am having problems aquiring a network address when I have WEP enabled
>> > on
>> > the Access Point.
>> > With no WEP, it connects instantly, and I am assigned an IP via the
>> > AP's
>> > DCHP server. It connects easily using Wireless zero and with a 3rd
>> > party
>> > (netgear) on another machine.
>> >
>> > When I enable WEP, the wireless zero machine is unable to obtain and IP
>> > and
>> > connects with "little or no connectivity". Though the netgear stuff
>> > works
>> > fine. How do i make the windows wireless zero obtain an IP when WEP is
>> > enabled?
>> > And why does it work without WEP and not with?
>> >
>> > Any help would be very much appreciated.
>>