Wireless Encryption

My wireless card is not talking to the base station when
I click on the Encryption at the base station. I need help

Bill
Sat Nov 29 19:25:25 CST 2003

One good place for that is :

alt.internet.wireless

If Microsoft hardware is infolved, there's
microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware

The issue is setting the same bit length of key at both ends, and, of
course, the same key. If setting by passphrase doesn't work, set one end by
passphrase, and choose the hex for key 1 generated from that passphrase, and
enter the hex at the other end.


"jazzy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My wireless card is not talking to the base station when
> I click on the Encryption at the base station. I need help

Chuck
Sat Nov 29 23:56:12 CST 2003

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:25:25 -0500, "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org>
wrote:

>One good place for that is :
>
>alt.internet.wireless
>
>If Microsoft hardware is infolved, there's
>microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware
>
>The issue is setting the same bit length of key at both ends, and, of
>course, the same key. If setting by passphrase doesn't work, set one end by
>passphrase, and choose the hex for key 1 generated from that passphrase, and
>enter the hex at the other end.
>
>
>"jazzy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:031b01c3b6de$3c309e40$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> My wireless card is not talking to the base station when
>> I click on the Encryption at the base station. I need help

Also, just to be facetious, make sure your wireless card and base station are on the same
standard, or same brand. 802.11a and 802.11b/g will NEVER work together. 802.11b and
802.11g SHOULD work together ("g" should be backwards compatible), but YMMV if the
wireless card and base station are using different brands or variants (I wouldn't be
surprised if you had trouble with, say, a Belkin 802.11b base station and an Intel 802.11g
card).


Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

Bill
Sun Nov 30 08:46:12 CST 2003

"Chuck" <none@example.com> wrote in message
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>
> Also, just to be facetious, make sure your wireless card and base station
are on the same
> standard, or same brand. 802.11a and 802.11b/g will NEVER work together.
802.11b and
> 802.11g SHOULD work together ("g" should be backwards compatible), but
YMMV if the
> wireless card and base station are using different brands or variants (I
wouldn't be
> surprised if you had trouble with, say, a Belkin 802.11b base station and
an Intel 802.11g
> card).
>
Probably not facetious at all. As a dyed in the wool cheapskate, I've never
worked with anything but pure b, so I hadn't even thought of the issue.

S
Tue Dec 02 05:58:37 CST 2003

This is not an issue for jazzy, as network works normal (by the sounds of
it) when encryption isn't enabled.

Jazzy will need to have same WEP key on the access point and the client, for
starters. Giving the make/model of the hardware involved would be highly
beneficial.

Good advice also can be found in the
microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless newsgroup - people out there
have experience with all kinds of hardware.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MVP, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
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> "Chuck" <none@example.com> wrote in message
> news:o31jsvkibh9ool7k1a9s7favrq5t9pim3f@4ax.com...
> >
> > Also, just to be facetious, make sure your wireless card and base
station
> are on the same
> > standard, or same brand. 802.11a and 802.11b/g will NEVER work
together.
> 802.11b and
> > 802.11g SHOULD work together ("g" should be backwards compatible), but
> YMMV if the
> > wireless card and base station are using different brands or variants (I
> wouldn't be
> > surprised if you had trouble with, say, a Belkin 802.11b base station
and
> an Intel 802.11g
> > card).
> >
> Probably not facetious at all. As a dyed in the wool cheapskate, I've
never
> worked with anything but pure b, so I hadn't even thought of the issue.
>
>