Wireless Zero Config and WPA-key

Irish_Tom · 7 Jan 2007 at 17:38

Lo all,

I'm trying to set up my house mate's laptop to our wireless network. She has windows XP (sp2) and a Sitecom network card. I've done the usual wireless set-up stuff in the Windows Cofig bit and Network setting, but when I try and add the pre-shared key it says that it has to be of a certain length. My router says the WPA can be 8-63 characters. I'm familiar with WEP being a specific length but not the WPA. The two mac's in the house have no trouble connecting through Air-port.

Any suggestions why it wont accept a WPA key?

Cheers

Panzer

Faithless · 7 Jan 2007 at 22:38

Are you connecting through the PCMCIA cards software or through XPs built in utility?

WPA on its own is a pain the bum as it relies on Certificates. WPA-PSK however is the passphrase jobbie. Are you sure you mean WPA and not WPA-PSK?

Irish_Tom · 8 Jan 2007 at 15:56

Sorry, I'm using the XP built in jobbie

not an external bit of software. It's definitely WPA-PSK on the router.

Cheers

Panzer

Dutch Guy · 8 Jan 2007 at 18:01

WPA-PSK should work as that is what I used on my wireless laptop.

Maybe the network card can only use WEP?

Irish_Tom · 8 Jan 2007 at 18:10

The thing is this has only happened since she had to format it... We had it working last term and then over Christmas she had to do a format, and now, nothing. :confused:

Thanks for all your suggestions guys, keep them coming. I'm going home again at the start of Febuary and I have a spare Netgear card so I might try that if we cant get this working.

Panzer