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November 17th, 2007 20:00
Intel 3945ABG + Vista + WPA-PSK problems
Hi Guys,
My laptop is a Dell XPS M1210 running Vista Business. The wireless interface is a Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. My internet connection is through D-link 714P+ Router. The router has the latest firmware.
The wireless is secured using WPA-PSK, with SSID set to broadcasting mode and no MAC filtering. The XPS laptop can see the router (4/5 signal strength) and when attempting to connect, I get the error "Wireless Authentication failed because of a timeout". In Event Viewer, the detailed root cause is given as "Layer 2 security key exchange did not generate multicast keys before timeout."
After some troubleshooting, I narrowed the problem down to a combination of Intel 3945 ABG + Vista + WPA-PSK. There are some posts on the internet regarding this problem, with no vaild soultions:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=481371&SiteID=17 http://dan.matan.ca/Windows-Vista-WPA-WPA2-Wireless-Network-Not-Working-Time-out
WEP is not an option for me. I have tried Vista, Dell and the generic Intel drivers for the wireless interface. The problems remains. Is there anything else I can try, other than to downgrade to XP??
Please help. Thanks.
My laptop is a Dell XPS M1210 running Vista Business. The wireless interface is a Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. My internet connection is through D-link 714P+ Router. The router has the latest firmware.
The wireless is secured using WPA-PSK, with SSID set to broadcasting mode and no MAC filtering. The XPS laptop can see the router (4/5 signal strength) and when attempting to connect, I get the error "Wireless Authentication failed because of a timeout". In Event Viewer, the detailed root cause is given as "Layer 2 security key exchange did not generate multicast keys before timeout."
After some troubleshooting, I narrowed the problem down to a combination of Intel 3945 ABG + Vista + WPA-PSK. There are some posts on the internet regarding this problem, with no vaild soultions:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=481371&SiteID=17 http://dan.matan.ca/Windows-Vista-WPA-WPA2-Wireless-Network-Not-Working-Time-out
WEP is not an option for me. I have tried Vista, Dell and the generic Intel drivers for the wireless interface. The problems remains. Is there anything else I can try, other than to downgrade to XP??
Please help. Thanks.
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