Allowing for WPA

It was my understanding that all I needed in order for my client to be able
to connect to WPA networks was installation of XP SP2. I have long had that
installed, but I am unable to connect to a network with WPA (I do fine on
WEP networks), and WPA is not even an option in my configuration dialogs for
Wireless networking.

The box is about 2.5 years old - a Toshiba sattelite with a built in 802.11b
card. It works fine, and I've considered the prospect that the card doesn't
support WPA, but not only did I not think that WPA was card dependent, but I
also would have expected it to just be a grayed out option rather than
completely non-visible.

What am I missing here?

Hi

Windows Zero Configuration detects the capacity of the Encryption from the
Wireless Card drivers. If the drivers do not support WPA, it does not show
it as an option. Many of the 802.11b cards are WEP only, check Toshiba
support some Brands offer firmware/drivers upgrades to some old cars.

It is the 21st century No more Gray .

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Cd2dnYeA6KXoFQvYnZ2dnUVZ_q-(E-Mail Removed)...
> It was my understanding that all I needed in order for my client to be
> able to connect to WPA networks was installation of XP SP2. I have long
> had that installed, but I am unable to connect to a network with WPA (I do
> fine on WEP networks), and WPA is not even an option in my configuration
> dialogs for Wireless networking.
>
> The box is about 2.5 years old - a Toshiba sattelite with a built in
> 802.11b card. It works fine, and I've considered the prospect that the
> card doesn't support WPA, but not only did I not think that WPA was card
> dependent, but I also would have expected it to just be a grayed out
> option rather than completely non-visible.
>
> What am I missing here?
>

I installed a new version of the driver, and that did indeed add WPA to my
list. I then went to a WPA networked environement, and it was properly
detected and I was challenged for the encryption key (what a mess to have to
type in). After that, it would go into "aquiring", then connect, then
immediately drop the connection, then go back to aquiring, then connect,
then drop it - etc., etc., etc..

Thoughts?


"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> Windows Zero Configuration detects the capacity of the Encryption from the
> Wireless Card drivers. If the drivers do not support WPA, it does not
> show it as an option. Many of the 802.11b cards are WEP only, check
> Toshiba support some Brands offer firmware/drivers upgrades to some old
> cars.
>
> It is the 21st century No more Gray .
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Cd2dnYeA6KXoFQvYnZ2dnUVZ_q-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> It was my understanding that all I needed in order for my client to be
>> able to connect to WPA networks was installation of XP SP2. I have long
>> had that installed, but I am unable to connect to a network with WPA (I
>> do fine on WEP networks), and WPA is not even an option in my
>> configuration dialogs for Wireless networking.
>>
>> The box is about 2.5 years old - a Toshiba sattelite with a built in
>> 802.11b card. It works fine, and I've considered the prospect that the
>> card doesn't support WPA, but not only did I not think that WPA was card
>> dependent, but I also would have expected it to just be a grayed out
>> option rather than completely non-visible.
>>
>> What am I missing here?
>>
>
>