WPA problem

Luseac

Luseac

Luseac

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I can't seem to be able to use a WPA with a laptop, when I try and insert the WPA into the normal windows WPA/WEP window I get a message telling me the length is wrong.

I'm using a Cisco Aironet 340. I have a feeling that they don't suport WPA's. Am I correct? and if so is there a way to update the firmware?
 
"The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network configuration. This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 orr 26 hexadecimal characters"
 
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Shouldn't there be a WPA option?
 
Burbleflop said:
What's so hard to understand?

WPA-PSK has no length requirements (as long as they're < 64 characters I think) for the key. WEP does. You're being told that the key length is incorrect, therefore WEP.
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What's so hard to understand is that I hadn't created the profile for the wireless, just selected to connect to it after it had found it. Then a window came up asking for a network key, I put the WPA in then got that message. I didn't select WEP anywhere.
 
Mikol said:
I know that, but you then went on to ask how to enter a WPA key and asked why you weren't able to enter it. I attempted to help you.
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As no one seemed to say that WPA's weren't possible with the 340 I presumed they were. As such I went onto try and do what PieMaster suggested.
 
Mikol said:
WTF?! So the time and effort people put into trying to help you means nothing if they cannot solve the issue for you?

It has been solved. Your adaptor clearly doesn't support WPA, however, whilst others didn't know that, they/we took our time to attempt to help you. Never mind.
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Yes, the card doesn't support WPA. I'm now probably going to have to look for one that will. I just wish someone could have told me that nearly a week ago when I started the thread.

Time and effort? If it was that hard to post a screenshot of your wireless configuration window then I apologise.

I really don't see why you have started to get so defensive; maybe I should have littered my post with nice smileys?

:)
 
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Mikol said:
Never mind, I wasn't particularly talking about the effort I had put in (indubitedly not much), rather the reponse to some others and how people on here don't appear to appreciate people attempting to help, but don't worry about it.
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Hmmmm... ok.

Anyway, as you say. I won't worry about it.
 
Where did you get the cisco drivers from? Also what is windows wireless zero? Is that just the normal windows config?
 
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