[opensuse] OT: Windows Wireless Help
I'm trying to install a wireless range extender. Setup & configuration requires that WEP be disabled. I can disable WEP in the router with a couple of mouse clicks, but I've been searching Windows help for about two hours and haven't found any info on how to disable WEP. The wireless part of the network consists of the router and a single laptop running Windows XP SP3. If anyone has experience with this, I'd sure appreciate a pointer or two. -- Don Henson
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I'm trying to install a wireless range extender. Setup & configuration requires that WEP be disabled. I can disable WEP in the router with a couple of mouse clicks, but I've been searching Windows help for about two hours and haven't found any info on how to disable WEP. The wireless part of the network consists of the router and a single laptop running Windows XP SP3. If anyone has experience with this, I'd sure appreciate a pointer or two.
In my experience different WiFi proprietary driver and setup tools offer different access to security modes under XP. I would suggest hitting a Windows related forum list group describing your hardware or check the manufacturers docs... (despite the hype, WiFi is not always a nice easy setup and go experience in doze, especially if you need to do something non-standard... ).... I would hope the intent is to replace WEP with WPA, (or you are living miles from anywhere :-) )... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIjavaasN0sSnLmgIRAjjNAJ0TO3JEOfYM5Fs3VnF7kdr3HsHabACggl5J tttN2qykHlR5MajdoXWKnqM= =VwPO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
G T Smith wrote:
Donald D Henson wrote:
I'm trying to install a wireless range extender. Setup & configuration requires that WEP be disabled. I can disable WEP in the router with a couple of mouse clicks, but I've been searching Windows help for about two hours and haven't found any info on how to disable WEP. The wireless part of the network consists of the router and a single laptop running Windows XP SP3. If anyone has experience with this, I'd sure appreciate a pointer or two.
In my experience different WiFi proprietary driver and setup tools offer different access to security modes under XP. I would suggest hitting a Windows related forum list group describing your hardware or check the manufacturers docs... (despite the hype, WiFi is not always a nice easy setup and go experience in doze, especially if you need to do something non-standard... )....
Sounds like good advice.
I would hope the intent is to replace WEP with WPA, (or you are living miles from anywhere :-) )...
I live in Texas. Everything in Texas is on the other side of nowhere. :-) But yes, I plan to go to WPA eventually. First, I'd like to understand how all this stuff works. -- Don Henson
Donald D Henson wrote:
I would hope the intent is to replace WEP with WPA, (or you are living miles from anywhere :-) )...
I live in Texas. Everything in Texas is on the other side of nowhere. :-) But yes, I plan to go to WPA eventually. First, I'd like to understand how all this stuff works.
Actually, WPA is as easy to set up as WEP, if not more so. Just go to one of those WPA key generator sites, to create a random 63 character string to use as the key. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Donald D Henson wrote:
G T Smith wrote:
Donald D Henson wrote:
I'm trying to install a wireless range extender. Setup & configuration requires that WEP be disabled. I can disable WEP in the router with a couple of mouse clicks, but I've been searching Windows help for about two hours and haven't found any info on how to disable WEP. The wireless part of the network consists of the router and a single laptop running Windows XP SP3. If anyone has experience with this, I'd sure appreciate a pointer or two.
In my experience different WiFi proprietary driver and setup tools offer different access to security modes under XP. I would suggest hitting a Windows related forum list group describing your hardware or check the manufacturers docs... (despite the hype, WiFi is not always a nice easy setup and go experience in doze, especially if you need to do something non-standard... )....
Sounds like good advice.
I would hope the intent is to replace WEP with WPA, (or you are living miles from anywhere :-) )...
I live in Texas. Everything in Texas is on the other side of nowhere. :-) But yes, I plan to go to WPA eventually. First, I'd like to understand how all this stuff works.
Don, One Texan to another, why not kill two birds with one stone? For both the inter-workings of the different types of stations, APs, bridges, long distance setups and WPA, I have found the madwifi documentation to be excellent. See: http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs The concepts are relevant regardless of what type of card you have. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin wrote:
Donald D Henson wrote:
G T Smith wrote:
Donald D Henson wrote:
I'm trying to install a wireless range extender. Setup & configuration requires that WEP be disabled. I can disable WEP in the router with a couple of mouse clicks, but I've been searching Windows help for about two hours and haven't found any info on how to disable WEP. The wireless part of the network consists of the router and a single laptop running Windows XP SP3. If anyone has experience with this, I'd sure appreciate a pointer or two.
In my experience different WiFi proprietary driver and setup tools offer different access to security modes under XP. I would suggest hitting a Windows related forum list group describing your hardware or check the manufacturers docs... (despite the hype, WiFi is not always a nice easy setup and go experience in doze, especially if you need to do something non-standard... )....
Sounds like good advice.
I would hope the intent is to replace WEP with WPA, (or you are living miles from anywhere :-) )...
I live in Texas. Everything in Texas is on the other side of nowhere. :-) But yes, I plan to go to WPA eventually. First, I'd like to understand how all this stuff works.
Don,
One Texan to another, why not kill two birds with one stone? For both the inter-workings of the different types of stations, APs, bridges, long distance setups and WPA, I have found the madwifi documentation to be excellent. See: http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs
The concepts are relevant regardless of what type of card you have.
Thanks for the pointer. I always thought that madwifi was some kind of game. -- Don Henson
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Donald D Henson
I'm trying to install a wireless range extender. Setup & configuration requires that WEP be disabled. I can disable WEP in the router with a couple of mouse clicks, but I've been searching Windows help for about two hours and haven't found any info on how to disable WEP. The wireless part of the network consists of the router and a single laptop running Windows XP SP3. If anyone has experience with this, I'd sure appreciate a pointer or two.
-- Don Henson
My most recent experience has shown that typically on the client side there's nothing to disable. The client scans and determines the security type on the router and asks if you need to connect. When you attempt to connect, it prompts you for the applicable WEP or WPA key. If the router has no security enabled, then it connects without asking for a key. I'm sure this behavior may vary depending on how old the wireless network card or usb interface is on the PC, but all of the ones I have tried lately have behaved as previously described. Regards, Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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David C. Rankin
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Donald D Henson
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G T Smith
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James Knott
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Lee Bengston