wired equivalency protocol Win 98 SE

I'm trying to set up wired equivalency protocol (WPA)
security on a Thinkpad 1451 running 98 SE to my desktop
running XP. Do I need to update 98? I can't seem to find
the dialogs for configuring "Network Authentication" in
98.

Oops! I meant to say "Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)"

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to set up wired equivalency protocol (WPA)
>security on a Thinkpad 1451 running 98 SE to my desktop
>running XP. Do I need to update 98? I can't seem to find
>the dialogs for configuring "Network Authentication" in
>98.
>.
>

In article <0f8f01c38a87$687ac440$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jim"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I'm trying to set up wired equivalency protocol (WPA)
>security on a Thinkpad 1451 running 98 SE to my desktop
>running XP. Do I need to update 98? I can't seem to find
>the dialogs for configuring "Network Authentication" in
>98.

WPA is new in 2003, so there's nothing built into Win 98 SE to support
it. See if the manufacturer of your wireless network card has a WPA
utility program. If it doesn't, you might be able to use a
third-party utility, such as Funk Software's Odyssey Client for
Windows:

http://www.funk.com/radius/wlan/ody_c_wpa_for_ms.asp

I'd also recommend asking your question in this news group:

microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

Hope you don't mind me barging in. I have a Compag 5140 running
Win 98 SE on a Apple Airport Extreme network, and using an SMC
2802W wireless PCI card. I can get the computer to connect to the
network using MAC filtering, but WEP will not work at all. What is really
odd is that I have a different Win 98 SE computer (not a Compaq) with
the same SMC model card, and it handles WEP smoothly. What could
be wrong? Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>In article <0f8f01c38a87$687ac440$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jim"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>I'm trying to set up wired equivalency protocol (WPA)
>>security on a Thinkpad 1451 running 98 SE to my desktop
>>running XP. Do I need to update 98? I can't seem to find
>>the dialogs for configuring "Network Authentication" in
>>98.
>
>WPA is new in 2003, so there's nothing built into Win 98 SE to
support
>it. See if the manufacturer of your wireless network card has a WPA
>utility program. If it doesn't, you might be able to use a
>third-party utility, such as Funk Software's Odyssey Client for
>Windows:
>
>http://www.funk.com/radius/wlan/ody_c_wpa_for_ms.asp
>
>I'd also recommend asking your question in this news group:
>
>microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
>http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
>.
>