WEP key truncated

Hi, I use XP SP1 on two machines, a laptop and a desktop. The laptop goes
from home (128-bit WEP) to school (unsecured), and has an Intel Pro
Wireless 2200 (802.11b). The desktop obviously stays at home, and it has
a Realtek RTL8180 (802.11b). It shouldn't matter if I get an 11g card, as
the router at home is 11b. The router at home doesn't use MAC
restriction, and does broadcast its SSID.

The laptop is mostly fine going from school to home, except that I cannot
access Windows Networking shares until I reboot. HTTP, SSH, etc. work
fine. Going the other way requires a reboot. Using or browsing for
another AP/router requires a reboot too. The desktop I obviously haven't
moved, but seems to work fine.

The WEP key (which is 26 hex characters) is truncated to 10 characters as
soon as I enter it (well, as soon as I enter it twice and reopen the
window). This happens on either machine.

I've already run WinsockXPFix.exe on the laptop to no avail. Last time I
tried, I could not delete the wireless connection on the laptop; it
complained about a DNS cache not being empty. What should I do?

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Hactar wrote:
> Hi, I use XP SP1 on two machines, a laptop and a desktop. The laptop goes
> from home (128-bit WEP) to school (unsecured), and has an Intel Pro
> Wireless 2200 (802.11b). The desktop obviously stays at home, and it has
> a Realtek RTL8180 (802.11b). It shouldn't matter if I get an 11g card, as
> the router at home is 11b. The router at home doesn't use MAC
> restriction, and does broadcast its SSID.
>
> The laptop is mostly fine going from school to home, except that I cannot
> access Windows Networking shares until I reboot. HTTP, SSH, etc. work
> fine. Going the other way requires a reboot. Using or browsing for
> another AP/router requires a reboot too. The desktop I obviously haven't
> moved, but seems to work fine.
>
> The WEP key (which is 26 hex characters) is truncated to 10 characters as
> soon as I enter it (well, as soon as I enter it twice and reopen the
> window). This happens on either machine.
>
> I've already run WinsockXPFix.exe on the laptop to no avail. Last time I
> tried, I could not delete the wireless connection on the laptop; it
> complained about a DNS cache not being empty. What should I do?
>
Upgrade to SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0804.mspx

Truncating of the key in your window is normal(anyone having a quick
look won't know the actual length of your key}

To flush the DNS
Start>Run Type cmd and press Enter
Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter

In article <dnf5hj$b9e$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Rob <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hactar wrote:
> >
> > The WEP key (which is 26 hex characters) is truncated to 10 characters as
> > soon as I enter it (well, as soon as I enter it twice and reopen the
> > window). This happens on either machine.
> >
> Upgrade to SP2
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0804.mspx

I've used various WLAN configuration tools that won't allow you to paste
in the WEP key, so you have to type it blind *twice*, and try not to make
a mistake. I hate that; PITA. Is SP2 like that?

> > I've already run WinsockXPFix.exe on the laptop to no avail. Last time I
> > tried, I could not delete the wireless connection on the laptop; it
> > complained about a DNS cache not being empty. What should I do?

> To flush the DNS
> Start>Run Type cmd and press Enter
> Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter

Cool, thanks. So should flushing the DNS cache allow me to move between
APs without rebooting, or will I still have to go ahead and delete/remake
the connection? Or is there a deeper problem?

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