Wireless 1370 Dell Card and WPA-PSK encryption

Is your AP using the same mode as the 1370 card? WPA-PSK can be implemented with TKIP or AES. I don't know if either device supports WPA2 (AES), but both devices must be set to use the same mode.

Jerry,

Thank you for your response. Yes, my AP supports both TKIP and AES modes. I have tried both [matching modes of course] however was not able to get them to talk.

The 1370 driver definitely allows me to select WPA TKIP and AES. I wish I could find some specs for that Dell card that lists exactly what is supported. I could probably try a sniffer to see what's going on with the packets but that requires a lot more time than I would like to invest in this problem. Shouldn't be this hard to use a wireless card, right?!

I would appreciate any thoughts/advice on this matter. I sure would like to use WPA encyption instead of the WEP that I am forced to use now.

No real answers here. Are you running WinXP with at least sp1? I think sp1 was when XP began supporting WPA.

I've not really had any problems getting WPA to work. Have used various cards and AP's.

I've had good luck using Windows to manage the connection (Wireless Zero Configuration service), but others have better luck using the utility which is provided by the device manufacturer. I do have one system which won't connect with Windows management. It is no different than several systems which do connect with Windows management.

Sometimes, old profiles can get in the way. If all else fails, go to the device manager and remove the device. Then reboot and re-install the drivers for the device. You will then have to set up the device again for connection using whatever encryption the AP has, but the entries will be 'clean'. I have had to do that to get things to work.

Jerry -- just an fyi, but SP1 with a special "wireless rollup patch / WPA patch" allowed WPA -- suprisingly it only appeared under "optional updates."  SP2 was the first to have the functionality included standard

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@NemesisDB wrote:
... but SP1 with a special "wireless rollup patch / WPA patch" allowed WPA

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...and links to both SP1 WPA patches can be found at the top of this page.

Jerry,

I have a brand new D610 laptop with XP/SP2 and Dell 1370 Wireless.

I can't even find any difference in the physical specs between 1370 and 1350 that were the choices with my laptop [except the output power is slightly better in 1370, that's why I selected it].

I wish there was a trick and/or a new driver or something. I'll definitely try to reinstall the drivers.
Otherwise, I will always have to use WEP. Kinda disconcerning.

Thanks.

Message Edited by seagal on 05-06-2005 11:00 AM

I had a truemobile 1180 which I used with both the 1350 and 1450 drivers. Could do WPA-TKIP with those drivers. Now using an Intel 2915ABG device (bad choice -- Intel has a bug in the drivers which limits the transmit strength).

Any of the truemobile drivers should connect well. I've had no problems with any of them.

I really suspect driver corruption.