WEP Network Key

I just started trying to use a wireless notebook adapter instead of a USB
network adapter with my laptop and I cannot get the WEP Network key to "save"
in the properties so I have to enter it manually every time. What am I
missing?
The USB adapter and my wireless router are Linksys wireless-B, and my
notebook adapter is wireless-G. Not sure if this makes any difference. Also,
when I use the USB adapter, I noticed the available networks doesn't show
anything, but when I plug in the notebook adapter, it shows my SSID, but it
either shows limited connectivity (with no apparent internet access) or
requests the network key to connect. When I enter the key, it works great
until the next time the laptop goes into suspend mode or is restarted.

Hi
May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#wep
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Stephen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news95AB28E-0796-4F3C-AC45-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just started trying to use a wireless notebook adapter instead of a USB
> network adapter with my laptop and I cannot get the WEP Network key to
> "save"
> in the properties so I have to enter it manually every time. What am I
> missing?
> The USB adapter and my wireless router are Linksys wireless-B, and my
> notebook adapter is wireless-G. Not sure if this makes any difference.
> Also,
> when I use the USB adapter, I noticed the available networks doesn't show
> anything, but when I plug in the notebook adapter, it shows my SSID, but
> it
> either shows limited connectivity (with no apparent internet access) or
> requests the network key to connect. When I enter the key, it works great
> until the next time the laptop goes into suspend mode or is restarted.

Information is better than a dud address? lol.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#wep
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Stephen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news95AB28E-0796-4F3C-AC45-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I just started trying to use a wireless notebook adapter instead of a USB
>> network adapter with my laptop and I cannot get the WEP Network key to
>> "save"
>> in the properties so I have to enter it manually every time. What am I
>> missing?
>> The USB adapter and my wireless router are Linksys wireless-B, and my
>> notebook adapter is wireless-G. Not sure if this makes any difference.
>> Also,
>> when I use the USB adapter, I noticed the available networks doesn't show
>> anything, but when I plug in the notebook adapter, it shows my SSID, but
>> it
>> either shows limited connectivity (with no apparent internet access) or
>> requests the network key to connect. When I enter the key, it works great
>> until the next time the laptop goes into suspend mode or is restarted.
>
>

Dear Stephen:
USING WEP, WPA-PSK, ETC.,
DOES HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON:
SIGNAL STREGHT AND SIGNAL QUALITY. AND THUS,
IT REDUCES SIGNAL RANGE QUITE DRAMATICALLY!

I think you are trying connect your Wi-Fi portable PC to your Wi-Fi
AP/Router from
too far away or your Wi-Fi devices are too far apart from each other's maximun
range, if you will....
Don't forget that Wi-Fi Equipment, propietary or not-(name brand or generic),
have Federal restrictions on the issue of frequency band spectrum-usage!
In the U.S.A., Wi-Fi devices can achieve at best 1/4 of a mile (400m) of range
when used OUTDOORS. Incredibly, only about 100 Feet (32.5m) INDOORS!
ALL OF THIS EXCLUDING THE USAGE OF ALL SECURITY FEATURES EXCEPT
THE MAC-ADDRESS FILTER AUTHENTICATION FEATURE.

I know what you're talking about. Based on my very own (empirical),
experience,
I can almost perceive your actual problem. Okay, here, a few questions for
you:

1. Is it a Wi-Fi router or an Acces Point?
2. What's the distance between you Wi-Fi portable PC and your Access Point?
3. Is there any object or otherwise an obstacle between them, or is your Wi-Fi
AP/Router in another room?
4. Are ther any other Wi-Fi devices near yours? (e.,g., Neighbors Wi-Fi, or
power
line near by, someone else's DSL antena, too many cordless phones).
5. How many Wi-Fi devices have you set up and configured in your Wi-Fi
AP/Router?
6. Do you have your Wi-Fi portable PC configured to also connect through
another
Wi-Fi AP/Router?
OR
7. Is your WEP key so complex? (e.,g., 48bit, 64bit, 128bit, ASCII).
8. Is your Wi-Fi portable PC's option in "Wireless Network Connection
Properties"
Check box that reads "Use Windows to manage this wireless network
connection"
CHECKED? Or is it UNCHECKED so that the your Wi-Fi device driver will
manage
and configure your wireless connections?
Note: All these questions point you to "what you might need to pay attention
to",
whether you're using a Wi-Fi router or an Wi-Fi Acces Point;
perhaps you
are attempting to connect from too far away from it.
For one last thing: If you use a portable PC (NOTEBOOK), etc., chances are
you have
got it configured to "SUSPEND", and not to "HIBERNATE"; ENTERING SUSPENSION
ON WINDOWS XP SP1 AND SP2 WILL CAUSE YOUR NOTEBOOK TO NOT STORE
YOUR Wi-Fi CONFIGURATION SETTINGS. Read Microsoft article:
msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms809962.aspx
for more on this.
Good luck.
Bye,
Franz

"Franz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news8029525-3C63-46C2-A4EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear Stephen:
> USING WEP, WPA-PSK, ETC.,
> DOES HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON:
> SIGNAL STREGHT AND SIGNAL QUALITY. AND THUS,
> IT REDUCES SIGNAL RANGE QUITE DRAMATICALLY!

Eh?

Thanks Franz, but I have had my USB adapter in the same location for a couple
of years and have never had a problem with signal strength - usually
excellent, sometimes only very good (like when the microwave is turned on).
When I have successfully, and manually, entered the network key using the
notebook adapter the signal strength is the same.
I'll check into the "hibernate" issue...thanks.

"Franz" wrote:

> Dear Stephen:
> USING WEP, WPA-PSK, ETC.,
> DOES HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON:
> SIGNAL STREGHT AND SIGNAL QUALITY. AND THUS,
> IT REDUCES SIGNAL RANGE QUITE DRAMATICALLY!
>
> I think you are trying connect your Wi-Fi portable PC to your Wi-Fi
> AP/Router from
> too far away or your Wi-Fi devices are too far apart from each other's maximun
> range, if you will....
> Don't forget that Wi-Fi Equipment, propietary or not-(name brand or generic),
> have Federal restrictions on the issue of frequency band spectrum-usage!
> In the U.S.A., Wi-Fi devices can achieve at best 1/4 of a mile (400m) of range
> when used OUTDOORS. Incredibly, only about 100 Feet (32.5m) INDOORS!
> ALL OF THIS EXCLUDING THE USAGE OF ALL SECURITY FEATURES EXCEPT
> THE MAC-ADDRESS FILTER AUTHENTICATION FEATURE.
>
> I know what you're talking about. Based on my very own (empirical),
> experience,
> I can almost perceive your actual problem. Okay, here, a few questions for
> you:
>
> 1. Is it a Wi-Fi router or an Acces Point?
> 2. What's the distance between you Wi-Fi portable PC and your Access Point?
> 3. Is there any object or otherwise an obstacle between them, or is your Wi-Fi
> AP/Router in another room?
> 4. Are ther any other Wi-Fi devices near yours? (e.,g., Neighbors Wi-Fi, or
> power
> line near by, someone else's DSL antena, too many cordless phones).
> 5. How many Wi-Fi devices have you set up and configured in your Wi-Fi
> AP/Router?
> 6. Do you have your Wi-Fi portable PC configured to also connect through
> another
> Wi-Fi AP/Router?
> OR
> 7. Is your WEP key so complex? (e.,g., 48bit, 64bit, 128bit, ASCII).
> 8. Is your Wi-Fi portable PC's option in "Wireless Network Connection
> Properties"
> Check box that reads "Use Windows to manage this wireless network
> connection"
> CHECKED? Or is it UNCHECKED so that the your Wi-Fi device driver will
> manage
> and configure your wireless connections?
> Note: All these questions point you to "what you might need to pay attention
> to",
> whether you're using a Wi-Fi router or an Wi-Fi Acces Point;
> perhaps you
> are attempting to connect from too far away from it.
> For one last thing: If you use a portable PC (NOTEBOOK), etc., chances are
> you have
> got it configured to "SUSPEND", and not to "HIBERNATE"; ENTERING SUSPENSION
> ON WINDOWS XP SP1 AND SP2 WILL CAUSE YOUR NOTEBOOK TO NOT STORE
> YOUR Wi-Fi CONFIGURATION SETTINGS. Read Microsoft article:
> msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms809962.aspx
> for more on this.
> Good luck.
> Bye,
> Franz