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Problems configuring wireless card
Name: shanamc Date: December 19, 2004 at 18:45:26 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: Intel Centrino/526 MB
Comment:
I am trying to configure my wireless card to work with a secure wireless system. This requires configuring the network key using a 40 bit ASCII key format. However, under my wireless network properties, it does not give me the option of selecting either the key format or key length - only the key index. I have Windows SP2, so updating is not the problem. Does anybody know of a workaround for this issue?
Name: hafiz Date: December 19, 2004 at 20:04:29 Pacific
Reply:
what kind of wireless card do you have? and what kind of system you are trying to connect to.
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Response Number 2
Name: shanamc Date: December 20, 2004 at 13:09:34 Pacific
Reply:
It's an Intel 2100A card and I am trying to connect to a university wireless system. They require you to both register your MAC address (which I did) and use an encrypted network key. That's where my problem is - I don't have the option of specifying a 40-bit ASCII format for the network key under Windows' Network Places and the software that Intel provides does not give me that option either.
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Response Number 3
Name: JordanMc31 Date: December 23, 2004 at 08:32:11 Pacific
Reply:
When you try to connect it should ask you for the key.
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