WPA2 Personal Setup

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Dell Inspiron 8600 w/ Dell minipci 1450 Card and Linksys WRT54GC WinXP

Trying to get WPA2 Personal working between the two.

Dell states that the card can perform WPA2 but the

Currently WPA-PSK w/TKIP works fine but just trying to get WPA2 to work.

My first question is clarification on WPA2. Is WPA2 the same as WPA-PSK with AES encryption?

If I try to setup WPA-PSK w/AES I get a connection and M$ states I have authenticated, but I am unable to ping the router.

If I set it back to TKIP, all works.

Just searching for a solution if possible.

moncho

Yes.

Latest router firmware:1.02.8,

Already have this version. I also have the most recent version of the Dell

I was hoping that would make a difference when I started having the problem. I was bummed when it made no difference.

Thanks, moncho

I put in the update and it started working but then the network connection would drop every 2 minutes.

I found out that the Dell software was causing the problem, shut it off and now all is well with WPA2-PSK.

I feel a little more secure now.

Thanks for the links

moncho