wpa and cisco aironet 350

Cisco aironet 350 and wpa

Hi,

I'm using Windows XP with my Aironet pcmcia 350. I have a linksys wrt54g router. I'm trying to configure wpa tkip, but I can't get the aironet card to connect - it doesn't allow me to specify wpa tkip and a shared key.

Any ideas much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan

 

Hi largeinnit,

Per the Cisco website, this card should support WPA:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps4555/products_data_sheet09186a0080088828.html

Security
Cisco Wireless Security Suite supporting Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) including:
Authentication:
• 802.1X support including LEAP, EAP-FAST, PEAP-GTC, PEAP-MSCHAP V2, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS and EAP-SIM to yield mutual authentication and dynamic, per-user, per-session encryption keys

• MAC address and by standard 802.11 authentication mechanisms

Encryption:
• Support for static and dynamic IEEE 802.11 WEP keys of 40 bits and 128 bits

• TKIP enhancements: key hashing (per-packet keying), message integrity check (MIC) and broadcast key rotation via WPA TKIP and Cisco TKIP

Is your XP up to date with SP2 and all security patches? MS released the Wireless Rollup Pack years ago (since included in XP SP2).

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826942

This fixed a lot of wireless issues, including support for WPA.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815485

If you have SP2, check for the latest drivers from Cisco.

Hope this helps,

Jimmy