can't enable WPA - please help

Hi!

I am having some serious problems trying to access WPA wireless
networks. My laptop seems to be configured only for WEP. I have a
Toshiba Satellite M10 running XP Professional. My wireless card is an
Intel(R) Pro/Wireless LAN 2100 3B mini PCI adapter. I have tried
updating the driver (via the little "update driver" button within the
configuration setup), but this doesn't help.

I have downloaded a file named Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU (which I read
somewhere online would help my problem),but when I try to run it, it
says I can only install this update on Service Pack 1.

Can anyone help me? Apologies if I have left out important information
or have missed something obvious - while I do use computers every day I
am by no means a computer expert.

Best wishes from Vancouver, Canada
Corree and her unwireless computer

Corree wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I am having some serious problems trying to access WPA wireless
>networks. My laptop seems to be configured only for WEP. I have a
>Toshiba Satellite M10 running XP Professional. My wireless card is an
>Intel(R) Pro/Wireless LAN 2100 3B mini PCI adapter. I have tried
>updating the driver (via the little "update driver" button within the
>configuration setup), but this doesn't help.
>
>I have downloaded a file named Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU (which I read
>somewhere online would help my problem),but when I try to run it, it
>says I can only install this update on Service Pack 1.
>
>Can anyone help me? Apologies if I have left out important information
>or have missed something obvious - while I do use computers every day I
>am by no means a computer expert.
>
>Best wishes from Vancouver, Canada
>Corree and her unwireless computer
>
>
>
I believe Windows added WPA support to XP with service pack 1, but it
required a separate download (perhaps the file you have?).

SP2 supports WPA without additional patches.

Suggest you either upgrade the OS or find WPA client software to run on
Windows pre-XP-SP1.

Dear Jerry,

Thank you for your quick reply. I have service pack 2 installed and it
still doesn't work (I should have mentioned that in the first email).

Corree

Jerry Park wrote:

> I believe Windows added WPA support to XP with service pack 1, but it
> required a separate download (perhaps the file you have?).
>
> SP2 supports WPA without additional patches.
>
> Suggest you either upgrade the OS or find WPA client software to run on
> Windows pre-XP-SP1.

On 14-Jul-2005, "Corree" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I am having some serious problems trying to access WPA wireless
> networks. My laptop seems to be configured only for WEP. I have a
> Toshiba Satellite M10 running XP Professional. My wireless card is an
> Intel(R) Pro/Wireless LAN 2100 3B mini PCI adapter. I have tried
> updating the driver (via the little "update driver" button within the
> configuration setup), but this doesn't help.
>
> I have downloaded a file named Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU (which I read
> somewhere online would help my problem),but when I try to run it, it
> says I can only install this update on Service Pack 1.
>
> Can anyone help me? Apologies if I have left out important information
> or have missed something obvious - while I do use computers every day I
> am by no means a computer expert.
>
> Best wishes from Vancouver, Canada
> Corree and her unwireless computer

Are you using a wireless router or wireless access point? Are you using a
home network or work network? Being that you have Windows XP (SP2)
installed, half of your problem should be solved. Assuming you are using a
wireless router or wireless access point, do the following:
From a computer that is connected to the wireless router / WAP via an
ethernet cable, enter the wireless router's/WAP's menu. Go to the encryption
section and select WPA-PSK. Depending on your router/AP, you may see TKIP
and /or AES. They are ciphers. Whichever you choose, you must choose the
same on your laptop. If you do not see either TKIP or AES, assume it is
TKIP. AES is th better of the two, but not all wireless devices offer it.
Now enter a passphrase. It is preferred that you use a long nonsense
passphrase. For example:

ChYXGBkaJSYnKCkqNDU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElKU1RVVldYWVpjZG VmZ2hpanN0dXZ

Now enter the Windows Wireless Zero Configuration Utility on your laptop.
Select WPA-PSK (TKIP or AES) and type in the exact passphrase you used in
the wireless router /WAP menu. You should now be able to connect. Also, I
am assuming you know about SSID broadcasting, MAC filtering, etc.


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