Authenticating forever

Question

I have a LINKSYS wireless router and two computers wired into it: a Dell Optiplex and an iMac. That’s working out okay.

Now I’m trying to get a Dell laptop to connect to it wirelessly. It finds the broadcast okay, then says “Authenicating…” and just hanggssss. Any ideas? Here are the specs:

Its a latitude 531 with a Dell wireless 1390 WLAN minicard, running XP pro. It sits two feet away from the Optiplex, and both are about 20 feet from the router.

This laptop has connected wirelessly to this router before, so I know it can. But that time, the laptop was device 1 and the networking definitions were set there. Now it’s device three. It seems to have accepted the WPA encryption code ok.

Where do I go from here? What can I look at? Thanks. Foobar909

volcano11 · Answer

Have you tried rebooting the router?   Steve

foobar909 · Answer

Yes, I had the whole system down - the router, the modem, all three computers.  Brought the modem up first, then the router, then Optiplex.  Left the imac down to start, tried the laptop, same response.   What does Authenicating mean, anyways?  Anybody know?

ronss · Answer

might try some of these linksys diagnostic tools....they might give ya an answer   http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1166859678292&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=7829277881B04

karl_lvl2tech · Answer

i believe the authenticating part referes to the wpa. how bout changing your wpa key? does your computer connect with a wireless utility or with the windows wireless utility?

Linda_Rick · Answer

I'm having the same problem with a Latitude 820 my daughter brought home from college. It shows a strong signal, but won't authenticate.  How do you change the wpa key(if that is a fix)?

Networking, Internet, & Bluetooth

Authenticating forever

Was this post helpful?