Fudley
join:2009-06-15
Kingston, NY
| I am having problems connecting to my home wireless network
I am having problems connecting to my home wireless network with 128 Bit WEP Key. The Network card in the T42 Laptop is an Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Adapter.
The failure infomation from Think Vantage Access Connections indicates.....
"The current driver or protocol for the wireless adapter is incorrectly installed or configured. Reinstall the wireless driver in accordance with the driver setup instructions."
When I hit the button that says help me fix this.
I have tried several things so far..
1) I have installed the latest Driver for the Intel Wireless Adapter (No Help)
2) I have tried to update the Firmware on the Linksys Router model BEFW11S4 V3.0 (No Help)
3) If I turn security off (The WEP Key) from my Linksys Router model BEFW11S4 V3.0 it works fine, but I don't want to turn off security.
4) If I switch to a 64Bit WEP Key it still Fails.
This New Think PAD was recently purchased as a Certified USED Laptop, The T42 MTM is 2373-YCP |
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No_Strings
Premium,Mod
join:2001-11-22
The OC | Welcome to DSLReports.
Is it possible the adapter is set to use WPA instead? (the preferred method, by the way - better security and probably better throughput).
If the router will handle it, and I think the S4 v3 will, try WPA. |
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Fudley
join:2009-06-15
Kingston, NY | reply to Fudley
Thanks for the suggestion, but my Linksys router does not support WPA security.
I also don't think my Intell Network adaptor is set for WPA. I know I set up the profile with the 128Bit WEP Key. |
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No_Strings
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| Got an extra $40 or so? You can get a very nice router for less than $50 these days that would support WPA.
Two common reasons for WEP connectivity issues, both boil down to mis-matched keys:
In the first scenario, the adapter is expecting a passphrase instead of hexadecimal. To designate hex, put "0x" as a prefix to the key. If using Windows to manage the adapter, I think hex is the default. Double-check this.
The other scenario is simply mis-entering the key. Typing 26 hex digits exactly isn't most people's idea of fun. To test, enter something simple, like all ones. Count to make sure you get all 26 in. If you're prevented from entering 26 digits, the adapter may be asking for a passphrase instead. |
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Fudley
join:2009-06-15
Kingston, NY
| reply to Fudley
OK thanks I was trying to avoid buying new hardware.
I think I got the 128 Bit Key correct since I did a copy and paste of this data.
I did originally use a pass phase to gennerate the 128 Bit HEX String.
This does give me something else to try I will try a variation of you statement to put all ones in for the 128 Bit WEP Key. I will use 26 Fs instead to set all of the binary bits to Ones. I may also try all 0s.
I will let you know if this works latter.. |
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stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA | You can use "words" in hexadecimal for keys, like
FEED
BAD
BABE
DEAD
DEAF
and so on, as memory-aids |
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