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September 5th, 2006 05:00
Intel Wireless 2200BG not connecting
I have a Dell inspiron 600m laptop with Intel wireless 2200BG. In the past, I have a wireless router with WEP, and everything works fine. Today, I installed a wireless adapter for my desktop, and it doesn't work well with WEP. So I switch to WPA-PSK, and the desktop works great. Problem is, now the 600m cannot even connect to the wireless router (I already updated everything to use WPA-PSK, I quadruple checked the key). I tried installing new drivers both from Dell and Intel, and although the laptop can scan and identify the router, everytime I click connect, the software will just say unable to connect. Connecting to a non-secure router is fine. Anybody got any ideas? Is Intel 2200BG just not designed to be used with WPA?
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rwm32
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September 5th, 2006 06:00
The 2200BG supports WPA and WPA2. If you are using Windows Zero Config (rather than the Intel PRO/Wireless application) to manage your 2200BG, and you want to use WPA2, you will need to download and install this Hotfix for Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=893357 (Note that you must be running WinXP SP2.)
Here's a link to a useful article on setting up WPA2 security: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_wirelesssecurity.mspx
pika2000
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September 5th, 2006 15:00