Getting old laptop to cennect to Home network

Have been given an old laptop and I am trying to connect it to my home
wireless network using a Dynamode USB network adapter. Device manager shows
it installed correctly. When I try to connect to my network which has
WPA/PSK, it says the network is WEP, so when I type in the network key it
rejects it as being the wrong no of digits.

Trevor

Hi
WEP can not connect to WPA. If the Wireless card is capable to do WEP only
you have to get a card that does WPA.
From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is.
No Security
MAC______(Band Aid if nothing else is available).
WEP64____(Easy, to "Brake" by knowledgeable people).
WEP128___(A little Harder, but "Hackable" too).
WPA-PSK__(Very Hard to Brake ).
WPA-AES__(Not functionally Breakable)
WPA2____ (Not functionally Breakable).
Note 1: WPA-AES the the current entry level rendition of WPA2.
Note 2: If you use WinXP and did not updated it you would have to download
the WPA2 patch from Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357
The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and Wireless
Computer's Card) should state the type of security that is available with
your Wireless hardware.
All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass
phrase.
Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best possible
of one of the Wireless devices.
I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to the
max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max . of
WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP.
If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that can
do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace the
device with a better one.
Setting Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
The Core differences between WEP, WPA, and WPA2 -
http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Trevor" <> wrote in message
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> Have been given an old laptop and I am trying to connect it to my home
> wireless network using a Dynamode USB network adapter. Device manager
> shows it installed correctly. When I try to connect to my network which
> has WPA/PSK, it says the network is WEP, so when I type in the network key
> it rejects it as being the wrong no of digits.
>

Jack \(MVP-Networking\).