Set up WPA connection in advance

We are going to a court that has wireless network and they want us to
preconfigure our 5 laptops to fit in with their SSID, TKIP encryption and use
their network key with WPA.

Is there any way to set all of this up in advance without being near their
wireless system. Every time we try, we can't get WPA in the drop down box of
network authentication. Also when we do the wireless network wizard, we can
check the WPA box but we can't get much further.

We have sp2 for XP. We've tried to install wpa rollup patch but are told the
files on the computer are newer.

Please help, thanks

Hi there

We have the SSID, but our only choices are Open or Shared in the box.

I think we have the capability of WPA because the wireless wizard offers a
checkbox for WPA but we aren't at the court yet so we can't seem to set it
up.

We would love to set up a profile.

Any ideas?


We

"Clark" wrote:

> You might look at this that marc just found. I may be totally wrong, but we
> appear to be in a transition period depending on what update certain devices
> have.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;815485
>
> Look under the Network Authentication where it may say OPEN. On my device,
> the WEP selection is in a different box. I am certainly no expert at this,
> but you may be able to set up a profile for this connection ahead of time.
> You may need to update your Wireless card to be able to use it, check the
> manufacturer to see.
>
> Do you have the information, like the SSID already?
>
> Clark
>
> "LizW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:456CD0CA-5023-4601-B88F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > We are going to a court that has wireless network and they want us to
> > preconfigure our 5 laptops to fit in with their SSID, TKIP encryption and
> > use
> > their network key with WPA.
> >
> > Is there any way to set all of this up in advance without being near their
> > wireless system. Every time we try, we can't get WPA in the drop down box
> > of
> > network authentication. Also when we do the wireless network wizard, we
> > can
> > check the WPA box but we can't get much further.
> >
> > We have sp2 for XP. We've tried to install wpa rollup patch but are told
> > the
> > files on the computer are newer.
> >
> > Please help, thanks
>
>
>

Would you believe another law firm with a whole IT staff is calling us, two
people, to get info on how to configure their laptops for this trial? Anyway,
we have to set up this by tomorrow.

We have IBM Thinkpad T40s... the netword adaptor is Intel pro/wireless LAN
2100 3B Mini PCI Adaptor

The specs page for this model at IBM is

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-58185

I don't know how to determine the other info...our wireless is built in and
not a card.

THanks so much for helping us!

"Clark" wrote:

> Which wireless card do you have (make and model number)and I need any
> revision numbers? If you know the version of the configuration utility and
> firmware version, please post it. I will go to their website and get an
> users manual to see if I can notice anything.
>
> As far as WPA goes, it seems you have to be able to set the security prior
> to accessing the network and I do believe you should have those choices
> available if your device is capable.
>
> Clark
>
> "LizW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:50AA22F5-841D-45FA-9710-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi there
> >
> > We have the SSID, but our only choices are Open or Shared in the box.
> >
> > I think we have the capability of WPA because the wireless wizard offers a
> > checkbox for WPA but we aren't at the court yet so we can't seem to set it
> > up.
> >
> > We would love to set up a profile.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > We
> >
> > "Clark" wrote:
> >
> >> You might look at this that marc just found. I may be totally wrong, but
> >> we
> >> appear to be in a transition period depending on what update certain
> >> devices
> >> have.
> >>
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;815485
> >>
> >> Look under the Network Authentication where it may say OPEN. On my
> >> device,
> >> the WEP selection is in a different box. I am certainly no expert at
> >> this,
> >> but you may be able to set up a profile for this connection ahead of
> >> time.
> >> You may need to update your Wireless card to be able to use it, check the
> >> manufacturer to see.
> >>
> >> Do you have the information, like the SSID already?
> >>
> >> Clark
> >>
> >> "LizW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:456CD0CA-5023-4601-B88F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > We are going to a court that has wireless network and they want us to
> >> > preconfigure our 5 laptops to fit in with their SSID, TKIP encryption
> >> > and
> >> > use
> >> > their network key with WPA.
> >> >
> >> > Is there any way to set all of this up in advance without being near
> >> > their
> >> > wireless system. Every time we try, we can't get WPA in the drop down
> >> > box
> >> > of
> >> > network authentication. Also when we do the wireless network wizard, we
> >> > can
> >> > check the WPA box but we can't get much further.
> >> >
> >> > We have sp2 for XP. We've tried to install wpa rollup patch but are
> >> > told
> >> > the
> >> > files on the computer are newer.
> >> >
> >> > Please help, thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

This article may or may be of some help...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u..._05june13.mspx

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"LizW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:456CD0CA-5023-4601-B88F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We are going to a court that has wireless network and they want us to
> preconfigure our 5 laptops to fit in with their SSID, TKIP encryption and
> use
> their network key with WPA.
>
> Is there any way to set all of this up in advance without being near their
> wireless system. Every time we try, we can't get WPA in the drop down box
> of
> network authentication. Also when we do the wireless network wizard, we
> can
> check the WPA box but we can't get much further.
>
> We have sp2 for XP. We've tried to install wpa rollup patch but are told
> the
> files on the computer are newer.
>
> Please help, thanks

Use the wireless wizard in XP SP2 to setup a dummy network with all
the specifications you need including SSID and WPA. Write the settings
to a USB Flash drive - then plug the USB Flash drive into the other
computers and follow the bouncing ball. I've written a couple of
columns that showcase this technology.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:51:03 -0700, "LizW"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We are going to a court that has wireless network and they want us to
>preconfigure our 5 laptops to fit in with their SSID, TKIP encryption and use
>their network key with WPA.
>
>Is there any way to set all of this up in advance without being near their
>wireless system. Every time we try, we can't get WPA in the drop down box of
>network authentication. Also when we do the wireless network wizard, we can
>check the WPA box but we can't get much further.
>
>We have sp2 for XP. We've tried to install wpa rollup patch but are told the
>files on the computer are newer.
>
>Please help, thanks
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