WEP Key length again

This text is taken directly from the Windows XP help file

>>>When you enable WEP, you can specify that a network key be used for encryption. A network key can be provided for you automatically (for example, it might be provided on your wireless network adapter), or you can specify the key by typing it yourself. If you specify the key yourself, you can also specify the key length (40 bits or 104 bits), key format (ASCII characters or hexadecimal digits), and key index (the location where a specific key is stored). The longer the key length, the more secure the key. Every time the length of a key is increased by one bit, the number of possible keys doubles

Does anyone know where you 'specify the key length', because I can't find it!?

Thanks

Carl

In article <ck6esf$ib6$(E-Mail Removed)>, Carl Young says...
> This text is taken directly from the Windows XP help file
>
> >>>When you enable WEP, you can specify that a network key be used for encryption. A network key can be provided for you automatically (for example, it might be provided on your wireless network adapter), or you can specify the key by typing it yourself. If you specify the key yourself, you can also specify the key length (40 bits or 104 bits), key format (ASCII characters or hexadecimal digits), and key index (the location where a specific key is stored). The longer
the key length, the more secure the key. Every time the length of a key is increased by one bit, the number of possible keys doubles
>
> Does anyone know where you 'specify the key length', because I can't find it!?
>
If you've not installed SP2 for XP, I suggest you do as it makes
everything so easy. Did you try that PCTel application I told you
about?


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Conor

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I can't do those things unfortunately Conor, it's a work laptop and I'm not
allowed to load any unauthorised software. The new computer I'm getting has
service pack 2 preinstalled so I think I'll have to wait and see if I can
get it working on that.

Carl

In article <ck8ba5$uf2$(E-Mail Removed)>, Carl Young says...
> I can't do those things unfortunately Conor, it's a work laptop and I'm not
> allowed to load any unauthorised software. The new computer I'm getting has
> service pack 2 preinstalled so I think I'll have to wait and see if I can
> get it working on that.
>
The difference in Wireless support is quite astounding. Its actually
easy to understand and configure in SP2.


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Conor

Opinions personal, facts suspect.

SOLVED IT!!!!!!!!! I am so happy.

Actually, I still have no idea why this works but it now does, so I really don't care. I was messing around with various settings and I happened to tick the boxes marked....

In the 'configure' options

Network authentication (on)
This is a computer to computer network (on)

and in the 'advanced' options

Automatically connect to none preferred networks (on)

.... and it now works, WEP enabled. It now shows two instances of the available network. The one I'm connected to has an icon that looks like a portable TV Ariel. The one I can't connect on looks like the Professor Plumb's counter in Cluedo.

Wahey....

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

I was wrong. The web pages I used to test the connection must have been
cached. It still doesn't work. I'm now getting an available network but it's
obviously peer to peer.

AGGGGAHHHHHHHHHHHH.............

Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> In article <ck8ba5$uf2$(E-Mail Removed)>, Carl Young says...
> > I can't do those things unfortunately Conor, it's a work laptop and I'm
not
> > allowed to load any unauthorised software. The new computer I'm getting
has
> > service pack 2 preinstalled so I think I'll have to wait and see if I
can
> > get it working on that.
> >
> The difference in Wireless support is quite astounding. Its actually
> easy to understand and configure in SP2.
>
>
> --
> Conor
>
> Opinions personal, facts suspect.