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enable WPA on xp sp2

Started by old crow , Jul 01 2006 09:19 PM

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old crow

Posted 01 July 2006 - 09:19 PM

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I cannot get any of my wireless (two desktops and one laptop) to connect to a WPA encrypted connection. I can only find WEP encryption under wireless networks>my SSID>properties.

If I enable a WPA key on my router, then select the connection on my computer and type in the password the response is that it has to be a certain ASCII or Hexidecimal string. I belive that only is for WEP and not WPA. I have XP SP2.

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Dan

Posted 03 July 2006 - 05:05 AM

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Hi old crow,

Please read the following MS Article in regards to setting up WPA on Windows XP computers: How to Secure Your Wireless Home Network with Windows XP. You may also need to manually download and install the Windows XP Support Patch for Wi-Fi Protected Access.