Vista won't connect to secure wireless network

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Guest

Have a CompUSA (FSI) wireless router running WPA (TKIP) w/ passphrase. Works
great on several XP Pro machines. Just purchased a Gateway MX3705 w/ Vista
Home Premium. It finds the network but will not connect, and when I
"diagnose" the problem it says it failed for "an unknown reason." There is an
un-secured network in my neighborhood, and the computer can connect fine to
this, so I think the card is OK.

Things I've tried:

-Removing security from our wireless network. Still wouldn't connect.
-Changing mode from "AP" to "ad-hoc". Connected! But my wired machines would
not connect, and it still wouldn't allow any kind of security.

Any ideas?
 
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Guest

I installed a USB wireless adapter and that had the identical problem. There
must be some incompatibility between the CompUSA/FMI router and Vista,
because that adapter worked fine on XP machines...
 
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Guest

I have the same issues with a d-link WAP. The card and Vista operate at work
without issues (also on a dynalink but a 2200 and not the G700AP that I have
at home).

I followed this link but with no fix:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13640889

Let me know if you make any headway. I supect that the routers that we are
running are not compatable with the new security running in Vista.
 
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Guest

My vista computer will connect wirlessly if I remove all security. When I
introduce TKIP it will not connect. And it does not know why.
 
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Guest

Seems to be some serious incompatibilities here. I can't even get it to work
with security turned off. Vista has no updates, and the firmware on the
router is the latest. I tried shutting off IPv6 as mentioned in another
thread, but still nothing. I'd rather not buy another router just to diagnose
the problem.

MS spent a lot of time telling people that Vista is better than XP - and
that its very stable, but the fact of the matter is that this functionality
works on every XP machine in my house with ease.
 
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Guest

Fixed it! Forced an upgrade to new drivers on the RealTek wireless adapter.
Vista insisted that I had the newest, but I went to the Realtek website and
downloaded that latest version.

Hope this helps someone...
 

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