WEP connection puzzler

Hi,

I've just reinstalled Win XP with SP2 on a machine (Pentium III ) and
now cannot connect to my home wireless network. I'm out of ideas to
try, so any suggestions will be gratefully received:

I'm using D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G5520 Adapter. My network has WEP
encrypytion and is working fine with other computers. I'm certain I'm
typing in the password properly, using the Open WEP settings....
Windows firewall is off. I'm connecting to others' unencrypted networks
with no problems.

I guess the next thing to try is to reconfigure the router itself
without protection and then try to build up from there. But I'm loathe
to do this because I have 3 other computers working fine on it.

Any help much appreciated...

Thanks

Graham

gromit12@gmail.com

Hello Graham,

You could try temporarily disabling the encryption to see if you can
connect. If you are having trouble getting a successful connection it could
be your encryption settings.

The one thing you can try is log into the router and copy and paste the
encryption key rather than typing it.

--
Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


<> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've just reinstalled Win XP with SP2 on a machine (Pentium III ) and
> now cannot connect to my home wireless network. I'm out of ideas to
> try, so any suggestions will be gratefully received:
>
> I'm using D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G5520 Adapter. My network has WEP
> encrypytion and is working fine with other computers. I'm certain I'm
> typing in the password properly, using the Open WEP settings....
> Windows firewall is off. I'm connecting to others' unencrypted networks
> with no problems.
>
> I guess the next thing to try is to reconfigure the router itself
> without protection and then try to build up from there. But I'm loathe
> to do this because I have 3 other computers working fine on it.
>
> Any help much appreciated...
>
> Thanks
>
> Graham
>

Eric Cross [MVP]

Problems with that suggestion is that some routers don't show the encryption
key when logged in. It hides it like a good website should using the
password field, and afaik you can't copy from that.
You could get one of those password reveiler programs, but my router doesnt
even show the right number of dots for the password length. So I'm sure it's
using some fake characters just to hide the length also! Ingenious...

-James G.

"Eric Cross [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:ugPe$...
> Hello Graham,
>
> You could try temporarily disabling the encryption to see if you can
> connect. If you are having trouble getting a successful connection it
> could be your encryption settings.
>
> The one thing you can try is log into the router and copy and paste the
> encryption key rather than typing it.
>
> --
> Eric Cross
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>
> <> wrote in message
> news: ups.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just reinstalled Win XP with SP2 on a machine (Pentium III ) and
>> now cannot connect to my home wireless network. I'm out of ideas to
>> try, so any suggestions will be gratefully received:
>>
>> I'm using D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G5520 Adapter. My network has WEP
>> encrypytion and is working fine with other computers. I'm certain I'm
>> typing in the password properly, using the Open WEP settings....
>> Windows firewall is off. I'm connecting to others' unencrypted networks
>> with no problems.
>>
>> I guess the next thing to try is to reconfigure the router itself
>> without protection and then try to build up from there. But I'm loathe
>> to do this because I have 3 other computers working fine on it.
>>
>> Any help much appreciated...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Graham
>>
>
>

James Gockel

Go to your wireless connection properties, click the wireless networks tab,
click properties at the bottom, then click the authentication tab and make
sure the " enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network" is unchecked.
OK your way out and you should be able to connect.
TW


"James Gockel" <flibbertigibbet007_at_hotmail_dot_com> wrote in message
news:%...
> Problems with that suggestion is that some routers don't show the
> encryption key when logged in. It hides it like a good website should
> using the password field, and afaik you can't copy from that.
> You could get one of those password reveiler programs, but my router
> doesnt even show the right number of dots for the password length. So I'm
> sure it's using some fake characters just to hide the length also!
> Ingenious...
>
> -James G.
>
> "Eric Cross [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:ugPe$...
>> Hello Graham,
>>
>> You could try temporarily disabling the encryption to see if you can
>> connect. If you are having trouble getting a successful connection it
>> could be your encryption settings.
>>
>> The one thing you can try is log into the router and copy and paste the
>> encryption key rather than typing it.
>>
>> --
>> Eric Cross
>> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>>
>> <> wrote in message
>> news: ups.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just reinstalled Win XP with SP2 on a machine (Pentium III ) and
>>> now cannot connect to my home wireless network. I'm out of ideas to
>>> try, so any suggestions will be gratefully received:
>>>
>>> I'm using D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G5520 Adapter. My network has WEP
>>> encrypytion and is working fine with other computers. I'm certain I'm
>>> typing in the password properly, using the Open WEP settings....
>>> Windows firewall is off. I'm connecting to others' unencrypted networks
>>> with no problems.
>>>
>>> I guess the next thing to try is to reconfigure the router itself
>>> without protection and then try to build up from there. But I'm loathe
>>> to do this because I have 3 other computers working fine on it.
>>>
>>> Any help much appreciated...
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

TW