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September 14th, 2004 10:00
Windows 98 and WPA
We have a wireless G router with a couple of XP Home boxes attached wirelessly using the WPA encryption. No problem. My question: can we put a Windows 98 box wirelessly on the network "using WPA encryption?" The Microsoft PCI wireless G card says it supports WPA and says it supports Win98. I know the adapter supports WPA under XP and I know it supports Win98 without encryption, but does it (or any adapter) support Win98 using WPA?
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NemesisDB
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September 14th, 2004 21:00
While I won't say no, don't count on it ... win98 is getting very old.
If the win98 machine has an ethernet card you might be able to solve you problem by buying a WPA capable wireless to ethernet bridge. The wireless transmission from the bridge device (to your router/AP) would be secure and the connection to the desktop would be cable. It's a thought on a potential workaround anyway...
esquire
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September 17th, 2004 00:00
Windows 98 has no Wi-Fi networking support, so WPA support must come from your adapter's wireless management application, if any, and the support must work under Windows 98.
There is a 3rd party freeware utility for WPA support in Windows 2000.
http://www.wirelesssecuritycorp.com/wsc/public/WPAAssistant.do