Vista and security identification

[Mark]

Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"

Has anyone seen this before?

thanks for any help provided

Mark

 

[Malke]

Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"

Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke

 

[Mark]

"Thanks Malke,

Unfortunately I can not change the SSID, the router is work supplied and
that is a pocedure at work, their reasoning is that if no one can see it they
can nt try to hack it.

As I mentioned I have good connectivity to the Internet but still the
connection screen shows "the settings saved on this computer for the network
do not match the requirements of the network" and when the mouse is hung over
the connection the information box states the security is WEP. this is
incorrect. Is there something on my pc I need to change for this to rectify
the message?

thanks

Mark

 

[Joe Sp]

Malke:
I have essentially the same problem as Mark. My router is a Netgear WGR614,
set for WVA-PSK, and no such option is available in my HP laptop Vista
network setup.
Intel fixes won't work for me, since the laptop has an AMD processor.
The laptop does see the router's SSID, but none of the options available
will allow connectivity.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
JoeS

 

[Barb Bowman]

look for a firmware upgrade for the WGR614. which hardware version
do you have? I know the latest version supports WPA2, WPA, etc.

Malke:
I have essentially the same problem as Mark. My router is a Netgear WGR614,
set for WVA-PSK, and no such option is available in my HP laptop Vista
network setup.
Intel fixes won't work for me, since the laptop has an AMD processor.
The laptop does see the router's SSID, but none of the options available
will allow connectivity.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
JoeS

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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[Joe Sp]

Thanks for the suggestion.
I have v6. I will check and let you know.

 

[Joe Sp]

For Barb Bowman:
Thanks for your help. After a false start, I installed the latest Netgear
software on my router, and was able to successfully set up and use the WPA
security with my Vista laptop.
One of the things I learned is that "WPA-PSK" in Netgear talk is
WPA-Personal in Vista-talk. I also had to select TKIP (as opposed to AES).
The process was nowhere near as automatic as either Netgear or Microsoft
promise.
Thanks again.

 

[Barb Bowman]

thanks for the update.

For Barb Bowman:
Thanks for your help. After a false start, I installed the latest Netgear
software on my router, and was able to successfully set up and use the WPA
security with my Vista laptop.
One of the things I learned is that "WPA-PSK" in Netgear talk is
WPA-Personal in Vista-talk. I also had to select TKIP (as opposed to AES).
The process was nowhere near as automatic as either Netgear or Microsoft
promise.
Thanks again.

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Thanks for the update.

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