Setting up WPA

casey · 12 Mar 2007 at 16:41

I am I correct in thinking I need a wired connection to set up WPA on a wireless router. Cannot seem to do it with wireless only.
Casey

iMacMart · 12 Mar 2007 at 18:08

Yes you need to be hard wired the first time and then you can do it via the wireless link... Well I do

casey · 12 Mar 2007 at 18:44

Thanks, thats what I thought. It's for a friend of mine & he doesn't have an ethernet card. Anyway that can be got over.
casey.

iMacMart · 12 Mar 2007 at 18:58

Buy a USB to ethernet dongle maybe?

Gavstar · 12 Mar 2007 at 19:04

Not necessarily, connect to the router wirelessly without security, change wireles security settings. Reconnect using WPA key.

iMacMart · 12 Mar 2007 at 19:07

If you've never connected before and there is no security?

Duke · 12 Mar 2007 at 19:11

tweakinfreak said:
If you've never connected before and there is no security?

Or connect with the current security (if you know the password), and change it to WPA.

iMacMart · 12 Mar 2007 at 19:28

Exactly....

Sorry I took it the OP meant connect for the first time and had no networking capabilities?

Duke · 12 Mar 2007 at 21:13

tweakinfreak said:
Exactly....

Sorry I took it the OP meant connect for the first time and had no networking capabilities?

S'ok I thought you were replying (against) to the guy above

casey · 12 Mar 2007 at 21:57

Thanks for the suggestions. He is using it at the moment with no security, that's why I am concerned.
If I try to alter to WEP or WPA as it is, it immediately breaks the wireless connection without giving me a chance to enter a code No. so cannot get back in to set up security. That's why I suspected it needed a wired connection. I wondered if I could connect his router to my PC & set up WPA on the router and then go back to his and set up his PC. Would this work.
casey.

ns400r · 12 Mar 2007 at 23:42

casey said:
Thanks for the suggestions. He is using it at the moment with no security, that's why I am concerned.
If I try to alter to WEP or WPA as it is, it immediately breaks the wireless connection without giving me a chance to enter a code No. so cannot get back in to set up security. That's why I suspected it needed a wired connection. I wondered if I could connect his router to my PC & set up WPA on the router and then go back to his and set up his PC. Would this work.
casey.

Yep, take it to your house, connect it to your PC using your network card. Set the security as he would like and then take it back to his house and configure his PC to use the new security settings.

iMacMart · 13 Mar 2007 at 08:06

Ah so I was right in what I thought you were saying (cough) .....lol

The above is the way to go and you won't have to buy anything as well

casey · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:03

Thanks once again for all the suggestions. Will get him to bring it here if he is agreeable.
casey.

casey · 16 Mar 2007 at 18:43

Tried to set it up for him today but nothing I tried would work, just could not establish a wireless link. Tried WPA, WPA2, WEP, nothing worked. I entered a phraseword and created a key, took it to his house and set up his computer with the same settings. Couldn't connect.
Tried all settings I could find. The only thing I could see that didn't make sense was creating a key in the router the letters appeared in upper case but doing the same for his computer although the key was the same the letters were in lower case.
casey