Howard Brazee
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Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject:
Wireless router & Centrino |
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My old router had a plug stop working, so I got a DI-524 wireless router and set
it up with CAT-5 cables to my 3 computers, my printer, and my DSL modem. Then
I decided to set up wireless so my wife could move her laptop around.
I wish WPA-PSK was the default, it is easy and very secure - except that when I
tried installing it on my wife's Centrino based laptop, XP said it wasn't
supported. I assume that's a limitation of the built-in wireless modem. Is
that true?
So I went through her Windows XP wizard.
I had no idea how to find the SSID, so I just put in my name, brazee.
XP calculated a WEP/WPA key and I printed it out.
Wireless Settings
Network Name (SSID): brazee
Network Key (WEP/WPA Key): (28 digits of numbers and letters censored before
posting here)
Key Provided Automatically (802.1x): 0
Network Authentication Type: open
Data Encryption type: WEP
Connection Type: ESS
Key Index:
If there is a more secure way available without upgrading her wireless modem,
please recommend it.
When we look at wireless networks, we see two of them. There is a neighborhood
wireless we could have bought, but I don't know how to tell these two apart.
I went downstairs, selected WEP Shared Key, and was able to type in half of that
key above. I switched to 128 bit with no change. What should I try next? |
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JoeG
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Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:48 am Post subject:
Re: Wireless router & Centrino |
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"Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net> wrote in message
news:ckj7lb$ibs$1@peabody.colorado.edu...
| Quote: | My old router had a plug stop working, so I got a DI-524 wireless router
and set
it up with CAT-5 cables to my 3 computers, my printer, and my DSL modem.
Then
I decided to set up wireless so my wife could move her laptop around.
I wish WPA-PSK was the default, it is easy and very secure - except that
when I
tried installing it on my wife's Centrino based laptop, XP said it wasn't
supported. I assume that's a limitation of the built-in wireless modem.
Is
that true?
So I went through her Windows XP wizard.
I had no idea how to find the SSID, so I just put in my name, brazee.
XP calculated a WEP/WPA key and I printed it out.
Wireless Settings
Network Name (SSID): brazee
Network Key (WEP/WPA Key): (28 digits of numbers and letters censored
before
posting here)
Key Provided Automatically (802.1x): 0
Network Authentication Type: open
Data Encryption type: WEP
Connection Type: ESS
Key Index:
If there is a more secure way available without upgrading her wireless
modem,
please recommend it.
When we look at wireless networks, we see two of them. There is a
neighborhood
wireless we could have bought, but I don't know how to tell these two
apart.
I went downstairs, selected WEP Shared Key, and was able to type in half
of that
key above. I switched to 128 bit with no change. What should I try next?
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