have you tried resetting the stack?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:33:00 -0700, shornby
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Using Win XP Pro x86 Volume License. System installed with SP2 CD (straight
>from Microsoft), upgrade to Sp3 via 400MB upgrade package. Running on HP
>NC6400 Laptop, Core 2 Duo 2Ghz, 4GB Ram.
>----------
>The "The key is provided for me automatically" tick box is grey, just like
>everything else.
>
>Everything below the "Data Encryption:" field is grey, in fact. Choosing
>WPA/WPA-PSK/WPA2/WPA2-PSK makes no difference.
>
>I was able to make it work by using a developer tool that un-greys fields.
>I then entered the pre-shared key. Access point connection worked.
>
>This was not a problem before XP SP3. I am WZC, the Aegis v3.5.3 network
>plugin, Deterministic Network Enhancer (for Cisco VPN v5.0.0.90), Network
>Monitor 3.1.
>
>I am noticing that the WZC service restarts a few times at startup. I have
>a feeling this all may be related to a Linksys USB 802.11N device that I
>installed recently. Although I told it I wanted to use WZC, it still
>provided its own excess baggage.
>
>Hopefully that provides you with enough information to re-pro this issue.
>
>Thanks,
>
>S Hornby, MCSE
>Senior Systems Engineer
>
>"LR" wrote:
>
>> Sharon wrote:
>> > Do you use WPA2-PSK AES on Windox XP and do you not broadcast your SSID?
>> > Can you confirm a Windows Wireless Zero Configuration bug I'm seeing?
>> > Once confirmed, how do we report this to the Microsoft WZC team?
>> >
>> > Bug: Windows Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC), using WPA2-PSK AES, grays
>> > out the "Network Key" field when the SSID is not broadcast. It is
>> > impossible to enter the network key without resorting to broadcasting your
>> > SSID.
>> >
>> > Details:
>> > You can't set up your WinXP Home (WPA2-PSK AES) network without
>> > broadcasting your SSID (at least temporarily). This is, IMHO, a bug.
>> >
>> > To Reproduce .....
>> >
>> > 1. Start Fresh:
>> > - Remove your current WinXP Home network connection by selecting your
>> > network SSID and pressing the "Remove" button in the "Wireless Network
>> > Connection Properties" form, press OK, and reboot your WinXP Home computer.
>> >
>> > 2. Set your router to not broadcast your SSID:
>> > - On your router (mine is a Linksys WRT54G), if you have not done so
>> > already, please turn off broadcasting of your SSID & set your "Security
>> > mode = WPA2 Personal" (aka "Network Authentication = WPA2-PSK"), set your
>> > "WPA Algorithm = AES" (aka "Data encryption = AES"), and enter your desired
>> > "WPA Shared Key" (aka "Network key").
>> >
>> > 3. Try to add your WPA2-PSK/AEs network WITHOUT broacasting your SSID!
>> > - On WinXP Home, bring up the "Wireless Network Connection Properties" form
>> > and click the "Wireless Networks" tab. Since you removed your network, you
>> > should not see it in the "Preferred networks" box.
>> > - Press the "Add" button. In the "Accociation" tab of the "Wireless network
>> > properties" form that pops up, enter your SSID name in the "Network name
>> > (SSID)" field, check the box to "Connect even if this network is not
>> > broadcasting", and in the "Wireless network key" section, select "Network
>> > Authentication = WPA2-PSK" and "Data encryption = AES".
>> > - Notice you need to enter a "Network key" and you must "Confirm network
>> > key" but inexplicably, both are grayed out.
>>
>> Did you uncheck the "The key is provided for me automatically" box
>> before switching from "Open" Network Authentication to "WPA2-PSK"?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> You can not enter the network
>> > key with the SSID not broadcasting! This is the bug.
>> >
>> > 4. To set your network up, tell your router to broadcast the SSID.
>> >
>> > 5. Repeat step 3 above. Now you can enter your network key.
>> >
>> > 6. Go back to your router and disable the broadcast of your SSID.
>>
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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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