MN-510 does not recognize encryption key

I'm trying to connect my MN-510 adapter to a wireless
base station and during set up the adapter doesn't seem
to recognize the WEP (encryption key). My new PC, which
I'm trying to connect to the network, is an MPC with
Windows XP. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

Encountering same problem. Insists on a WEP key and won't
accept any I try to make. Doing this with old and new
computers using the MN-500 base station with the new HP
attached via Ethernet cable on Port 1 and MN-510 USB for
the old Compaq. Both OS's are XP Home.

I've tried setting up MN-500 with and without WEP,
neither gets a connection but sees the wireless access
point.

Only thing I'm unsure of is the way the installation
requires the update to be installed. Did that after
getting through with the initial setup, on both machines.

Gave up on it for now and put a cable between them and
was sharing files immediately, otherwise I'd have thought
there was a problem with the networking side.

Oh, and the new computer does hook up fine and get to the
Internet and all, just not getting this MN-510 USB thing
to work right. Have reset the base station and firmware
updates seem to have been done okay.

Sure hope there is an answer out there, I just haven't
found it yet.

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to connect my MN-510 adapter to a wireless
>base station and during set up the adapter doesn't seem
>to recognize the WEP (encryption key). My new PC, which
>I'm trying to connect to the network, is an MPC with
>Windows XP. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
>.
>

Remove MSBN. The built-in wireless configurator in XP
works great with this product. I had the same problem
with my USB MN-510....Uninstalled MSBN.....used the
configurator in control panel....and was working within 2
min....hope this helps!!

>Remove MSBN. The built-in wireless configurator in XP
>works great with this product. I had the same problem
>with my USB MN-510....Uninstalled MSBN.....used the
>configurator in control panel....and was working within
2
>min....hope this helps!!

You can be sure I'll give that a try alright. Hadn't
thought to do that. If it worked for you I don't see why
it shouldn't for anyone else.

Well, been through everything possible now over the phone
after calling the 800 number for help. The MN-500 simply
doesn't get any connection at all, only shows there's a
wireless network available.
We looked at the Wireless Zero Configurator in Services,
which I didn't know existed before. Stopped and Started
it again. Checked ipconfig for any addressing and all it
ever says is Media State......: Media disconnected.
I gave up, it goes back to the store.

What I'll try next is putting a Dell TrueMobile 1180 USB
wireless adapter I also have on there to see if it'll
connect with the MS MN-500 Base Station, which seems okay
itself, just not 100% positive.

If that works right then it might confirm the MN-510 USB
adapter is defective in some way, whether a software
driver issue or not.

Wish the rest of you out there better luck.

>-----Original Message-----
>>Remove MSBN. The built-in wireless configurator in XP
>>works great with this product. I had the same problem
>>with my USB MN-510....Uninstalled MSBN.....used the
>>configurator in control panel....and was working within
>2
>>min....hope this helps!!
>
>You can be sure I'll give that a try alright. Hadn't
>thought to do that. If it worked for you I don't see why
>it shouldn't for anyone else.
>.
>

It works now-- for me, anyway.

Long story short-- okay not so short:

Plugged MN-510 into notebook (Windows XP Home SP2) that
has built-in wireless Truemobile 1180 and it connected,
got to internet, network group (default MSHOME).

Disabled that and plugged in MN-510 USB adapter. Windows
asked for software CD or whatever else. Put its setup CD
in and finished installing. Found wireless network,
connected. Rather simple. All done while sitting in a
chair in the same room with MN-500 base station, cable
modem, and a new desktop PC (Windows XP SP2).

Went to room next to that and 'clean' installed its
Windows XP Home Upgrade, so no more SP2 on that one,
after an hour or so of setting up.

Plugged MN-510 in, put software on (I know, reverse
order, but worked this way on notebook!) and nothing. Not
even finding a wireless network this time. Hopeless, I
thought. Uninstalled it and retried the original way,
which is to install software off of CD and then plug in
USB when asked. Got a wireless network showing but again
no connection like all other times before!

At least it didn't complain about incompatibility this
round with only XP SP1 on there (I guess).

So... my mother says, "Why not move it closer?" and pulls
the thing a couple feet across the desk toward the open
door to the other room. I said, "Because I already moved
it around to keep away from other things like monitor,
etc. and two feet won't matter." I was wrong. it started
to see the MSHOME (I only wanted defaults like this, no
WEP, nothing!) and after a few attempts to make it
connect it finally worked. I could hardly believe it was
doing it after so many ways of trying to get it to
connect.

I spent an hour talking with tech support (was that ever
difficult to follow!) before all this and ended up
thinking the MN-510 was broken. I didn't want to give up
which is why I tested it out on my notebook computer.

Well, what advice to I have for everyone? Move the
devices around. Didn't matter that I saw strong signals,
excellent connection and all that, something about the
initial connection must be absolutely perfect or else it
fails!

Didn't see this kind of thing happen with my cheap set of
Truemobile 1184 router, 1180 USB, and internal 1180 mini-
PCI card devices.

One thing I'm not sure about still is that their basement
is completely fluorescent tube lighting, about 10
fixtures in all, and the manuals say to avoid 2.4GHz
phones, fluorescent lights, and what-not.

P.S.
Yet another 'good luck to everyone else'!