Solution: WPA problem with wireless card

If you are experiencing problems getting a WiFi card configured to use
WPA where WPA support is via a supplicant then I hope this post might
save you the hours I wasted trying to get it working.

You will need to download a WPA supplicant. If you are using D-Link
equipment you can get the supplicant from the D-Link website or you can
purchase one from a couple of software houses.

You will also need WPA support in Windows. If after you install the
supplicant and you go to the Wireless Network Configuration dialog
(check the 'Use windows to configure my wireless network settings' box
first) and on the Wireless Networks tab you see options for WPA then
there is nothing more to install and you can configure WPA and away you
go.

If on the other hand there are no WPA settings on that page then you
will need to install a Microsoft patch to add WPA support to Windows.
If you are using Win XP sp2 then download Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
from Microsoft and install that. I think there is a patch for Win 2k
but you will need to check. You should now see WPA support in the
Wireless Networks tab.

Hope this helps someone...

I have this same problem when I tried to implement WPA. I downloaded the
patch below, but said I have a later version of the file, running XP Pro
SP2.
Have a Dell 1350 wireless card going to a Linksys Wireless WKPC54G Router.
WPA will work initially, but eventually will not be able to connect, and
have to change the settings back to WEP.

"VirtualGraeme" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
> If you are experiencing problems getting a WiFi card configured to use
> WPA where WPA support is via a supplicant then I hope this post might
> save you the hours I wasted trying to get it working.
>
> You will need to download a WPA supplicant. If you are using D-Link
> equipment you can get the supplicant from the D-Link website or you can
> purchase one from a couple of software houses.
>
> You will also need WPA support in Windows. If after you install the
> supplicant and you go to the Wireless Network Configuration dialog
> (check the 'Use windows to configure my wireless network settings' box
> first) and on the Wireless Networks tab you see options for WPA then
> there is nothing more to install and you can configure WPA and away you
> go.
>
> If on the other hand there are no WPA settings on that page then you
> will need to install a Microsoft patch to add WPA support to Windows.
> If you are using Win XP sp2 then download Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
> from Microsoft and install that. I think there is a patch for Win 2k
> but you will need to check. You should now see WPA support in the
> Wireless Networks tab.
>
> Hope this helps someone...
>

"Ken Hymes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:KXmxd.3358$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have this same problem when I tried to implement WPA. I downloaded the
>patch below, but said I have a later version of the file, running XP Pro
>SP2.
> Have a Dell 1350 wireless card going to a Linksys Wireless WKPC54G Router.
> WPA will work initially, but eventually will not be able to connect, and
> have to change the settings back to WEP.

Well the dell card is fine. Though I could only get the dell card to work
with wpa on my access point(belkin) but using the dell wireless utility and
not the windows wireless utilty.

Daniel