Octavean
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-31
New York, NY
| reply to depaw
Re: Vista won't Connect to WPA
Funny thing,….
I actually had the same problem briefly last night.
I have a Belkin Wireless G Router (I forget what model and firmware) and when I first got it I set it up using WEP for like a day or two. I then disable the wireless feature and used the Belkin wireless / wired Router as only a 4 port switch (using a Linksys Router for the actual WAN connection) . I ran it that way for a few months. Anyway, last night I setup wireless on the Belkin using WPA and setup my daughter’s Wii to use it.
That worked no problem without a hitch, basically the Wii just worked and still does.
I then setup a Compaq V2000 series laptop with Windows XP Home and a cheap wireless PCMCIA card which worked fine.
I then tried, briefly, to setup a new Acer Laptop with built in wireless adaptor (I forget make and model) with Vista Home Basic as the OS and just couldn’t get it to work. I checked a number of the basics but the gray area for me was that Acer had their own application for wireless configuration which I found intrusive and annoying.
I'll probably setup her Nintendo DS for WiFi and take another whack at the Acer Laptop today but I feel as if I need to bypass the Acer software. At the very least the Acer software is slowing my progress. |
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docrice
join:2008-03-31
Fremont, CA
| One of the problems that I see with pre-loaded OS configurations from various vendors is the supplicant that they install which interferes with the operation of WZC. Granted, WZC is pretty limited in what it can do, and I don't necessarily recommend it over other supplicant software (Access Connections on IBM / Lenovo, the occasional TrueMobile software on Dells for Dell WLAN devices, Intel PROSet, Juniper Oddyssey, etc.).
You may wish to check to see if there's a service conflict there and disable one. I'm under the impression that the Acer software is necessary for the WLAN card on those machines to operate since it's hooked directly with the driver. |
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Octavean
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-31
New York, NY
| Understood,….
I may try looking up some documentation on the Acer software. A conflict of some sort really does seem likely to me. Just a few days before this I setup WiFi access on a Toshiba A205-S5864 laptop using a Westell 327W (I think that’s right) Verizon wireless DSL modem and it was very easy,…..even though I had no information on what settings the Westell was using.
The Toshiba was using Vista Home Premium with SP1 where SP1 was factory installed.
BTW, the Belkin model I’m using is “F5D7230-4” with Firmware Version 9.01.05. |
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