Sorry I pressed the wrong button. Anyway here is the scoop:
This is what I have so far:
I have inspirion 8600 with Dells wireless card and truemobile 2300 router.
My husband has a IBM(windows 2000) laptop with a linksys WPC 54G. He used to have a linksys b card but we upgraded.
The issue is that the WPC54G card will not connect to the internet when I have a WEP encription on the Dell truemobile router. I don't have any problems at all with my dell(all compatible). I have called dell, linksys and checked microsoft and they all point to each other as the culprit but no answers.
I think the issue is this:
on the linksys utility when we set it up for a WEP enription, we only have two choices and they are
64(10 Characters) bit or 128(26 characters) bit. However the dell router wants either 40 bits(5 character) or 104 bits(13 character) in ascii format. or I can choose hexadecimal.
Can someone please explain this to me or direct me in the right spot to understand it. I think this will not work because I end up using the hexadecimal format which allows me to use 40 bits(10 digits). ANy thoughts??????
Difference in the manufacturer's handling of ascii. Pick 10 or 26 HEX values for the 2300, then enter the same HEX values for both his Linksys and your wireless card. If the 2300 limits you in characters, just put those same characters into all key entry places and in HEX.
If you search 40 bit key you will get a lot of explanation posts with full explanations.
jeanette11
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March 29th, 2005 01:00
Sorry I pressed the wrong button. Anyway here is the scoop:
This is what I have so far:
I have inspirion 8600 with Dells wireless card and truemobile 2300 router.
My husband has a IBM(windows 2000) laptop with a linksys WPC 54G. He used to have a linksys b card but we upgraded.
The issue is that the WPC54G card will not connect to the internet when I have a WEP encription on the Dell truemobile router. I don't have any problems at all with my dell(all compatible). I have called dell, linksys and checked microsoft and they all point to each other as the culprit but no answers.
I think the issue is this:
on the linksys utility when we set it up for a WEP enription, we only have two choices and they are
64(10 Characters) bit or 128(26 characters) bit. However the dell router wants either 40 bits(5 character) or 104 bits(13 character) in ascii format. or I can choose hexadecimal.
Can someone please explain this to me or direct me in the right spot to understand it. I think this will not work because I end up using the hexadecimal format which allows me to use 40 bits(10 digits). ANy thoughts??????
thanks
ladydell
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March 29th, 2005 02:00
Difference in the manufacturer's handling of ascii. Pick 10 or 26 HEX values for the 2300, then enter the same HEX values for both his Linksys and your wireless card. If the 2300 limits you in characters, just put those same characters into all key entry places and in HEX.
If you search 40 bit key you will get a lot of explanation posts with full explanations.