Help with Using WPA2 Personal with 1470 Wireless WLAN Mini-PC Card

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I am using a Inspiron 600m with a Dell 1470 Wireless WLAN min-PC card. I just updated the driver, and I'm using version 4.10.47.3 of the Dell WLAN Wireless Card utility to configure the card. I use a Linksys WRT54G router (v. 6) to connect to my cable modem. The router allows use of WPA2 Personal encryption, and the 1470 card is also supposed to support WPA2 Personal. However, when I configure the router to use WPA2 Personal, I cannot get the wireless card utility to show WPA2 Personal as an option, only WPA. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help. Message Edited by Socket_dc on 08-16-200608:06 PM

esquire · Answer

Are your driver and client software up-to-date with WPA2 support?   Have you also installed WPA2 update for Windows?  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=662BB74D-E7C1-48D6-95EE-1459234F4483&displaylang=en

Socket_dc · Answer

I have downloaded the most recent driver for the 1470 wireless card utility from the Dell site and the WPA2 file you pointed me to. I still don't get the WPA2 option on the dropdown menu, only WPA (and some others). Under the Information tab on the configuration utility, I see 4.10.73.3 and a date of Dec. 16, 2005 for Software Version and Supplicant Version. The Driver Version is 4.10.40.0 with a date of Nov. 2, 2005. Does that sound right? Thank you again.

Socket_dc · Answer

Yes, the Windows XP configuration utility shows WPA2 (WPA2-PSK). The options on the laptop's configuration utility for WPA2-PSK are AEP and TKIP. For the router, I also see two options for WPA2-Personal, AES and AES+TKIP. Should I choice TKIP for the card and TKIP+AES for the router? Thanks.

esquire · Answer

Just check the adapter's documentation; it doesn't mention WPA2.

Try switching to Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration to manage your connection. If your driver supports WPA2, it will show as an option under Data Encryption when configuring a connection manually.

esquire · Answer

You should configure for identical encryption method, e.g., if your adapter only support WPA2 TKIP, you should configure the router to match it.     I find the TKIP+AES on the WRT54G doesn't work for all wireless adapters.

Socket_dc · Answer

OK, I'm all set up! Got WPA2-Personal running with AES encryption. Thanks so much for your assistance, Esquire, you've been a huge help.

esquire · Answer

You're welcome.  Happy wireless networking :smileywink:

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