[Pc_Support] Wireless networking - Fixed!

[Austin Denyer (Ozz)]

Hi Ozz.

The problem is that Micro$oft really exceeded themselves with WinXP.

To connect to a WEP router in Win98 all you have to do is select the
network and it will ask you for your WEP passphrase, whereapon it will
connect fine.

In WinXP you have to first go into the network settings in Control
Panel, manually add the SSID of the WEP network, then manually enter the
26-bit hexdecimal WEP key, blind (as it is starred out), then again for
verification.

Once you have done this you need to then try to reconnect to the WEP
router.  This time it will pop up a box into which you must again enter
the 26-bit hexdecimal WEP key, blind, twice.

Ass-U-Me-ing you get it right, you sould now be able to connect.

Way to go, Micro$oft...

Regards,
Ozz.

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 23:20:16 -0500, Austin (Ozz) Denyer
<ozz at ozz.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> 
> I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless router, running 128-bit WEP.
> 
> I have a Linksys WUSB11v4 wireless network adapter.
> 
> When the network adapter is hooked up to a WinXP box, I can see my own
> router, as well as another local router (the other router is NOT
> running WEP - I know, but I have no control over that one...).
> 
> I can connect to the other (non-WEP) router just fine (!), but
> whenever I try to connect to my own router, I get an error message
> that the router may be off-line or out-of-range.  Note - my router is
> only a few (about 20) feet away from the WEP router, and about 150ft
> from the non-WEP router.
> 
> BUT...
> 
> If I place the same adapter in a Win98 box (also only a few feet from
> the WEP router), everything works fine; I can connect to both routers
> (WEP and non-WEP) and surf the 'net.
> 
> Any ideas?  This has me tearing my hair out...
> 
> Regards,
> Ozz.
>  
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