WPA problem in XP - can't disable 802.1x authentication

I have a Linksys Wireless-G network card and a wireless
broadband router. Both have been updated (i.e. newest
driver and firmware). They both support WPA encryption.

I have also installed the Microsoft 815845 update to
allow for WPA encryption.

I have no difficulty establishing an unencrypted
connection. I also have no difficulty using WEP
encryption. However, when I try to use WPA security, I
simply cannot get a connection to come up.

One strange thing that I have noticed: When I use the
Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) tool, I cannot disable
the "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication" check box in the
Authentication Tab. This only happens when I select up
WPA-PSK (or WPA) authentication in the Association tab.
If I set things back to WEP or no encryption, I am able
to disable the 802.1x authentication.

It would seem to me that this 802.1x issue is the likely
cause of my lack of connection, as I have no 802.1x
authentication set up on my network. I thought, however,
that WPA-PSK was supposed to work in a non-802.1x
environment. Is this simply a bug in the updated WZC?

Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.

Regards,

Peter

Peter

I had the same problem, at least by your symptoms, when I first installed
the WPA capability. It turned out that I had, sometime in the past, set the
Authentication Type to "Shared Key" on the Advanced Tab of the Router
configuration. Setting it to Auto, cleared the problem.

Just for reference: I am using the WRT54G router and the WPC54G Notebook
Adapter. I also have the WZC setup for WPA-PSK and AES. The Enable IEEE
802.1x authentication box is checked, but grayed out.

Hope this may help

Bob

"Peter Copeland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ztO4b.3399$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> I have a Linksys Wireless-G network card and a wireless
> broadband router. Both have been updated (i.e. newest
> driver and firmware). They both support WPA encryption.
>
> I have also installed the Microsoft 815845 update to
> allow for WPA encryption.
>
> I have no difficulty establishing an unencrypted
> connection. I also have no difficulty using WEP
> encryption. However, when I try to use WPA security, I
> simply cannot get a connection to come up.
>
> One strange thing that I have noticed: When I use the
> Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) tool, I cannot disable
> the "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication" check box in the
> Authentication Tab. This only happens when I select up
> WPA-PSK (or WPA) authentication in the Association tab.
> If I set things back to WEP or no encryption, I am able
> to disable the 802.1x authentication.
>
> It would seem to me that this 802.1x issue is the likely
> cause of my lack of connection, as I have no 802.1x
> authentication set up on my network. I thought, however,
> that WPA-PSK was supposed to work in a non-802.1x
> environment. Is this simply a bug in the updated WZC?
>
> Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
>

Thanks.

I had made the same change myself. I changed it then my computer crashed
upon bringing up the connection. There is a known issue between the Linksys
driver with WPA and the cardbus controller in my notebook. At least I'm now
in territory that others are experiencing.

Regards,
Peter

"Robert Carr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:KNR4b.37339$cj1.8665@fed1read06...
> Peter
>
> I had the same problem, at least by your symptoms, when I first installed
> the WPA capability. It turned out that I had, sometime in the past, set
the
> Authentication Type to "Shared Key" on the Advanced Tab of the Router
> configuration. Setting it to Auto, cleared the problem.
>
> Just for reference: I am using the WRT54G router and the WPC54G Notebook
> Adapter. I also have the WZC setup for WPA-PSK and AES. The Enable IEEE
> 802.1x authentication box is checked, but grayed out.
>
> Hope this may help
>
> Bob
>
> "Peter Copeland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ztO4b.3399$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> > I have a Linksys Wireless-G network card and a wireless
> > broadband router. Both have been updated (i.e. newest
> > driver and firmware). They both support WPA encryption.
> >
> > I have also installed the Microsoft 815845 update to
> > allow for WPA encryption.
> >
> > I have no difficulty establishing an unencrypted
> > connection. I also have no difficulty using WEP
> > encryption. However, when I try to use WPA security, I
> > simply cannot get a connection to come up.
> >
> > One strange thing that I have noticed: When I use the
> > Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) tool, I cannot disable
> > the "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication" check box in the
> > Authentication Tab. This only happens when I select up
> > WPA-PSK (or WPA) authentication in the Association tab.
> > If I set things back to WEP or no encryption, I am able
> > to disable the 802.1x authentication.
> >
> > It would seem to me that this 802.1x issue is the likely
> > cause of my lack of connection, as I have no 802.1x
> > authentication set up on my network. I thought, however,
> > that WPA-PSK was supposed to work in a non-802.1x
> > environment. Is this simply a bug in the updated WZC?
> >
> > Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
>
>