Thinkpad T40 with Cisco Aironet and WPA doesnt work?

I have a T40 with the Cisco wireless option.

I recently upgraded XP with the Windows WPA Update, and it was
suddenly unable to connect to my access point regardless of any
security settings - with no error messages. Sometimes it was even
unable to see my AP.

I updated my Cisco cards drivers and firmware, and my router (which
supprts WPA) to no avail. I wound up having to do a System Restore to
fix it (which it did).

Anyone got this working?

(E-Mail Removed) (Seth Brundle) writes:

> I have a T40 with the Cisco wireless option.
>
> I recently upgraded XP with the Windows WPA Update, and it was
> suddenly unable to connect to my access point regardless of any
> security settings - with no error messages. Sometimes it was even
> unable to see my AP.
>
> I updated my Cisco cards drivers and firmware, and my router (which
> supprts WPA) to no avail. I wound up having to do a System Restore to
> fix it (which it did).
>
> Anyone got this working?

For what it's worth, I got an IBM Thinkpad T23 with a Proxim ORiNOCO
Gold and a Linksys WRT54G, under Win2k SP4 working using WPA with a
pre-shared key...but doesn't appear we share anything but brand and
series of laptop!

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Where did you get the WPA support for the ORiNOCO Gold card?

Wilson
"Todd H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> (E-Mail Removed) (Seth Brundle) writes:
>
> > I have a T40 with the Cisco wireless option.
> >
> > I recently upgraded XP with the Windows WPA Update, and it was
> > suddenly unable to connect to my access point regardless of any
> > security settings - with no error messages. Sometimes it was even
> > unable to see my AP.
> >
> > I updated my Cisco cards drivers and firmware, and my router (which
> > supprts WPA) to no avail. I wound up having to do a System Restore to
> > fix it (which it did).
> >
> > Anyone got this working?
>
> For what it's worth, I got an IBM Thinkpad T23 with a Proxim ORiNOCO
> Gold and a Linksys WRT54G, under Win2k SP4 working using WPA with a
> pre-shared key...but doesn't appear we share anything but brand and
> series of laptop!
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Todd H.
> http://www.toddh.net/

"Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> Where did you get the WPA support for the ORiNOCO Gold card?

For the new Gold b/g and a/b/g cards (but not Classic Gold), Proxim
provides full support and their drivers include the WPA supplicant.

More here:
http://www.proxim.com/learn/library/...hite_Paper.pdf

They recommend Win XP or the Funk and Meetinghouse supplicants if you
have an older Gold card.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Todd H. wrote:
> "Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
>> Where did you get the WPA support for the ORiNOCO Gold card?
>
> For the new Gold b/g and a/b/g cards (but not Classic Gold), Proxim
> provides full support and their drivers include the WPA supplicant.
>
> More here:
> http://www.proxim.com/learn/library/...hite_Paper.pdf
>
> They recommend Win XP or the Funk and Meetinghouse supplicants if you
> have an older Gold card.

Supplicant: one who asks humbly. Where did some computer illiterate get
this word for use with WPA I wonder? In this use, the word "supplement"
would be a better and more correct choice. Thanks Todd for letting me
get this out here, unfairly using your post to do so.

Q

"Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> Todd H. wrote:
> > "Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
> >
> >> Where did you get the WPA support for the ORiNOCO Gold card?
> >
> > For the new Gold b/g and a/b/g cards (but not Classic Gold), Proxim
> > provides full support and their drivers include the WPA supplicant.
> >
> > More here:
> > http://www.proxim.com/learn/library/...hite_Paper.pdf
> >
> > They recommend Win XP or the Funk and Meetinghouse supplicants if you
> > have an older Gold card.
>
> Supplicant: one who asks humbly. Where did some computer illiterate get
> this word for use with WPA I wonder? In this use, the word "supplement"
> would be a better and more correct choice. Thanks Todd for letting me
> get this out here, unfairly using your post to do so.

Yeah, it's a damned unnecessarily complex term.


But hold on a minute...let's see what the dictionary says:

supplicant n. One who supplicates

supplicate v tr. 1) To ask for humbly or earnestly, as by
praying. 2) To make a humble and earnest petition; beg.

Given the mess of WPA revisions and other problems one can have with
wireless, maybe there's more insight in that word than we give it
credit for!

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/