Adding 4th XP PC to home network manually

For some reason my 4th PC won't work with the flash drive when it comes to
adding it to my home wireless network.

I have the printout which shows the Network Key etc, but I can't for the
life of me work out where I put it (so to speak)

Help!

"Trevor Appleton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> For some reason my 4th PC won't work with the flash drive when it comes to
> adding it to my home wireless network.
>
> I have the printout which shows the Network Key etc, but I can't for the
> life of me work out where I put it (so to speak)
>
> Help!
>

Using a Vigor 2600Gi wireless router. This 4th PC can access the internet
through the router, but when I click view wireless networks it doesn't show
any.

The PC I'm trying to set up seems to need a 13 character key, but the key I
have printed out from one of the other computers is 26 characters long?

On 01/08/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:

> The PC I'm trying to set up seems to need a 13 character key, but the
> key I have printed out from one of the other computers is 26
> characters long?


Have you got 64 bit WEP on one PC and 128 bit WEP on t'other?

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"Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 01/08/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:
>
>> The PC I'm trying to set up seems to need a 13 character key, but the
>> key I have printed out from one of the other computers is 26
>> characters long?
>
>
> Have you got 64 bit WEP on one PC and 128 bit WEP on t'other?
>


How do I check?

On 01/08/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:

> How do I check?


Working a bit in the dark here :-)
What exactly is it that needs the key, a wireless adaptor?

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"Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 01/08/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:
>
>> How do I check?
>
>
> Working a bit in the dark here :-)
> What exactly is it that needs the key, a wireless adaptor?
>


I ran the wireless network set up wizard on my main PC. That then asks me to
put a flash drive in and then go and put that in each of my other PC's.

On the PC in question it said it probably wouldn't work automatically.

I printed off the network settings, that includes a 26 digit key, but the
machine I am trying to set up only seems to expect a 13 or 5 digit key.

On 01/08/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:

> I ran the wireless network set up wizard on my main PC. That then
> asks me to put a flash drive in and then go and put that in each of
> my other PC's.
>
> On the PC in question it said it probably wouldn't work automatically.
>
> I printed off the network settings, that includes a 26 digit key, but
> the machine I am trying to set up only seems to expect a 13 or 5
> digit key.


Still a bit short of info. Is the 'problem' PC running the same OS as
the others?

I don't know what wireless device is in the problem PC, have you
checked its documentation (or website) to see it is 64 bit or 128 bit
WEEP? You will need to set the network up to use the 'lowest common
denominator' i.e. if one device only accepts 64 bit WEP you'll have to
set them all up to use 64 bit WEP.

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"Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 01/08/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:
>
>> I ran the wireless network set up wizard on my main PC. That then
>> asks me to put a flash drive in and then go and put that in each of
>> my other PC's.
>>
>> On the PC in question it said it probably wouldn't work automatically.
>>
>> I printed off the network settings, that includes a 26 digit key, but
>> the machine I am trying to set up only seems to expect a 13 or 5
>> digit key.
>
>
> Still a bit short of info. Is the 'problem' PC running the same OS as
> the others?
>
> I don't know what wireless device is in the problem PC, have you
> checked its documentation (or website) to see it is 64 bit or 128 bit
> WEEP? You will need to set the network up to use the 'lowest common
> denominator' i.e. if one device only accepts 64 bit WEP you'll have to
> set them all up to use 64 bit WEP.
>
> --


They are all running XP.

The problem PC has a belkin wireless network card with 64/129 bit encryption

On 01/08/2005 Trevor Appleton wrote:

> They are all running XP.
>
> The problem PC has a belkin wireless network card with 64/129 bit
> encryption

It's odd they are behaving differently. Do the Belkin docs tell you how
to turn on 128 bit WEP, looks like that's what's needed?


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