Trouble connecting to a router with tkip encryption on my xp lapto

I installed a new network at home for my parents using a linksys wireless
router running tkip encryption. My dad is running a laptop with vista and
and there is a laptop and a desktop hardlined which all can connect to the
internet. the problem is when ever i try to connect to the network with my
laptop that is running xp i cant select tkip as an option for the network. I
can see the network but I cant connect. can some one tell me what i am doing
wrong.

what wireless adapter is in the laptop? what driver? you may need a
newer driver. and the router may need new firmware. need more detail
to be of any real assistance.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:43:00 -0800, Dtak248
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I installed a new network at home for my parents using a linksys wireless
>router running tkip encryption. My dad is running a laptop with vista and
>and there is a laptop and a desktop hardlined which all can connect to the
>internet. the problem is when ever i try to connect to the network with my
>laptop that is running xp i cant select tkip as an option for the network. I
>can see the network but I cant connect. can some one tell me what i am doing
>wrong.
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Hi
Windows Wireless manger takes it configuration capacities from the Wireless
Drivers.
If the Driver does not design to support a security mode, it would not
appear in Windows Wireless Configuration as a choice.
As posted by the other members, might be that more recent Drivers have
better support, or you might need to buy a new card.

From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is.
No Security
MAC______(Band Aid if nothing else is available).
WEP64____(Easy, to "Brake" by knowledgeable people).
WEP128___(A little Harder, but "Hackable" too).
WPA-PSK__(Very Hard to Brake ).
WPA-AES__(Not functionally Breakable)
WPA2____ (Not functionally Breakable).
Note 1: WPA-AES the the current entry level rendition of WPA2.
Note 2: If you use WinXP and did not updated it you would have to download
the WPA2 patch from Microsoft. <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357>
The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and Wireless
Computer's Card) should state the type of security that is available with
your Wireless hardware.
All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass
phrase.
Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best possible
of one of the Wireless devices.
I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to the
max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max . of
WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP.
If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that can
do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace the
device with a better one.
Setting Wireless Security - <http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html>
The Core differences between WEP, WPA, and WPA2 -
<http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html>
Jack (MVP-Networking).
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"Dtak248" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B316854C-195E-4D17-903F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I installed a new network at home for my parents using a linksys wireless
> router running tkip encryption. My dad is running a laptop with vista and
> and there is a laptop and a desktop hardlined which all can connect to the
> internet. the problem is when ever i try to connect to the network with
> my
> laptop that is running xp i cant select tkip as an option for the network.
> I
> can see the network but I cant connect. can some one tell me what i am
> doing
> wrong.