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July 1st, 2008 19:00
Trying to get to WPA2
I have a Latitude D610 laptop connecting to a D-LinK DI-624 wireless router. When I use WPA AES security the laptop connects instantly every time. When I switch to WPA2, the initial connection becomes very iffy. I spend a lot of time "waiting for the network". Sometimes it will connect, but mostly I give up after several tries. If it connects it stays connected. Signal strength is excellant.
When I switch between WPA and WPA2, I make no other changes to the laptop or the router. Makes no diiference whether SSID broadcast is on or off. Using random alpha-numeric password. Have tried character lengths from 14 to 32.
The laptop is running XP SP3, and I'm letting Windows operate the wireless (disabled the Dell utility). I have the latest firmware for the router, and the latest driver for the laptop network card. Even downloaded and installed each twice to eliminate file corruption as a problem (I hope).
Am I doomed to using WPA? It is probably good enough for my home setup, but I like to stay up with the latest security if I can. Maybe this laptop and router combination are just not suited for each other using WPA2. Anybody else in this situation?
Network card: Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Driver: 4.100.15.5
ronss
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July 2nd, 2008 11:00
one suggestion is try an intel wireless card, , i got one off ebay for $20 i believe...its worth a try, might be able to connect to the dlink better than the dell card..i had also a dlink 624, and if i remember right , i could not get wpa either.. i now have a linksys 160n router, and very happy with it
http://www.jr.com/linksys/pe/LKS_WRT160N/
llewellynww
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July 6th, 2008 03:00
is your router on the latest firmware? also, you might want to try switching your network to 'wireless g' only at this point. if it's just your laptop, you might as well switch to just a single network. This will decrease the time it takes to connect your laptop to the wireless network.
if you want to talk security, you should look into 'mac address filtering'. Enable that on your router, and enter the MAC address(s) of the wireless clients into the mac address filtering table on the router.
good luck...
PalmBeachCounty
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July 6th, 2008 17:00
Yes, I'm using the latest router firmware and "wireless g" only. I've about convinced myself that the problem probably lies in the laptop wireless card. I can't find any evidence that it was ever intended to support WPA2. I would have thought that the change from WPA to WPA2 would only involve software, but that is probably an eroneous assumption.
I have decided to be content with WPA and a long password, plus non-broadcasting SSID and MAC address filtering. Should be good enough.
wollesokke
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September 13th, 2008 10:00
Having the same problem here.
DI-524 wireless router.
Router is not the problem, other laptop (Acer Travelmate 270 with Ubuntu) connects to it in whatever encryption I choose.
My Dell Latitude D530 (Win XP) uses an Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG Network adaptor.
I upgraded the driver to version 12.0.0.82, and upgraded the Intel Wireless Pro program to work with it.
Open network en WEP work, but every WPA flavour doesn't: WPA-PSK with either AES or TKIP, WPA2-PSK(AES), WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK.
I enabled the wireless zero configuration service, to no avail.
I tried the steps from the dell support, just to be sure. Nope.
I checked http://support.microsoft.com/?id=893357 , but it is already implemented in the SP.
I tried another wireless network card (PCMCIA BCM4306 which works with the Acer), doesn't work either.
Any ideas?
KoenChiau
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September 15th, 2008 17:00
All,
HW: Dell Latitude D610
Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 BG
I was having solid connections before upgrading the Intel Pro 2200 BG software for the driver and program.
Upgrade was to version 12.0.4.0 version and driver was upgraded to 9.0.4.39 version.
Now when I try to connect to the my router via the Intel software it can't get past the authentication (I use WPA2 - Personal (AES-CCMP) ), the message I see is "Authentication process to connect to the network has not started".
Connecting with no security: OK, no problem to connect.
Connecting with WEP security: OK, no problem to connect.
Connecting with WPA or WPA2: impossible since the upgrade !
Even completely removed the Intel software and reinstalled no dice.
HOW DO WE GET THIS ISSUE reported TO INTEL ???