WPA connection problems

Please please help! I have set up a WPA network that requires a password. I
was able to access the wireless connection from one computer. My other
computer is getting the below message. Can anyone tell me what the message
means?

On the computer I have XP Professional SP1
I entered the network key and did not select "Enabled IEE 802 1.x
authentication for this network"
I received the following message:

The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network
configuration. This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26
hexadecimal characters

Thanks
Rich




Richb

"Richb" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>Please please help!

Take a number.

>I have set up a WPA network that requires a password. I
>was able to access the wireless connection from one computer. My other
>computer is getting the below message. Can anyone tell me what the message
>means?
>
>On the computer I have XP Professional SP1
>I entered the network key and did not select "Enabled IEE 802 1.x
>authentication for this network"

WPA *REQUIRES* 802.1x authentication be enabled. Your problem is that
you only have XP SP1 and this machine needs SP2 for WPA to work.

>I received the following message:
>
>The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network
>configuration. This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26
>hexadecimal characters

The message is bogus. XP SP1 only knows about WEP and it's giving
it's best guess as to how to fix it. It's wrong. Get SP2 and install
it.

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On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:09:27 -0400, "Richb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in <(E-Mail Removed)>:

>Please please help! I have set up a WPA network that requires a password. I
>was able to access the wireless connection from one computer. My other
>computer is getting the below message. Can anyone tell me what the message
>means?
>
>On the computer I have XP Professional SP1
>I entered the network key and did not select "Enabled IEE 802 1.x
>authentication for this network"
>I received the following message:
>
>The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network
>configuration. This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26
>hexadecimal characters

Either upgrade to SP2, or download the WPA add-on for SP1.

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John Navas <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>Either upgrade to SP2, or download the WPA add-on for SP1.

Duh. I forgot about that add-on.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826942/
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815485


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On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:35:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>WPA *REQUIRES* 802.1x authentication be enabled. ...

In Windows XPland, there's a separate Authentication tab for IEEE 802.1x
authentication, which is disabled by default for WPA-PSK or WEP when key
provided automatically is unchecked, and should not be check (enabled).

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John Navas <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:35:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
><(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
>>WPA *REQUIRES* 802.1x authentication be enabled. ...
>
>In Windows XPland, there's a separate Authentication tab for IEEE 802.1x
>authentication, which is disabled by default for WPA-PSK or WEP when key
>provided automatically is unchecked, and should not be check (enabled).

In XP SP1, the authentication checkbox is usually off for WEP and for
no encryption. The first release of the WPA supplicant also allowed
it to be turned off. Using the wrong setting of 802.1x authentication
caused connection problems and the infamous disconnect every 10 mins.
MS did the right thing and made its selection essentially automatic in
SP2. However, the OP is using SP1 where there's still the opertunity
to do it wrong.

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On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:52:50 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>John Navas <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:
>
>>On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:35:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>><(E-Mail Removed)>:
>>
>>>WPA *REQUIRES* 802.1x authentication be enabled. ...
>>
>>In Windows XPland, there's a separate Authentication tab for IEEE 802.1x
>>authentication, which is disabled by default for WPA-PSK or WEP when key
>>provided automatically is unchecked, and should not be check (enabled).
>
>In XP SP1, the authentication checkbox is usually off for WEP and for
>no encryption. The first release of the WPA supplicant also allowed
>it to be turned off. Using the wrong setting of 802.1x authentication
>caused connection problems and the infamous disconnect every 10 mins.
>MS did the right thing and made its selection essentially automatic in
>SP2. However, the OP is using SP1 where there's still the opertunity
>to do it wrong.

That seems inconsistent with your earlier statement -- what am I
missing?

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Thanks for the help! Worked like a charm!

"Richb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> Please please help! I have set up a WPA network that requires a password.
> I was able to access the wireless connection from one computer. My other
> computer is getting the below message. Can anyone tell me what the message
> means?
>
> On the computer I have XP Professional SP1
> I entered the network key and did not select "Enabled IEE 802 1.x
> authentication for this network"
> I received the following message:
>
> The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your
> network configuration. This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or
> 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>