WPA connection problems

"Richb" hath wroth:

Take a number.

WPA *REQUIRES* 802.1x authentication be enabled. Your problem is that you only have XP SP1 and this machine needs SP2 for WPA to work.

The message is bogus. XP SP1 only knows about WEP and it's giving it's best guess as to how to fix it. It's wrong. Get SP2 and install it.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:09:27 -0400, "Richb" wrote in :

Either upgrade to SP2, or download the WPA add-on for SP1.

John Navas hath wroth:

Duh. I forgot about that add-on.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:35:07 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote in :

In Windows XPland, there's a separate Authentication tab for IEEE 802.1x authentication, which is disabled by default for WPA-PSK or WEP when key provided automatically is unchecked, and should not be check (enabled).

John Navas hath wroth:

In XP SP1, the authentication checkbox is usually off for WEP and for no encryption. The first release of the WPA supplicant also allowed it to be turned off. Using the wrong setting of 802.1x authentication caused connection problems and the infamous disconnect every 10 mins. MS did the right thing and made its selection essentially automatic in SP2. However, the OP is using SP1 where there's still the opertunity to do it wrong.

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:52:50 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote in :

That seems inconsistent with your earlier statement -- what am I missing?

Thanks for the help! Worked like a charm!