"Malke" wrote:

> Brad wrote:
>
> > Alright, I convinced my parents to make the switch to a wireless
> > router, and
> > I installed a nice Linksys router for them. The install went well,
> > and I
> > have it runnig fine. All the wired computers on our network work
> > great with it, as does my laptop (which is running XP Pro SP2).
> >
> > However when I tried to set my dad's laptop up (it is running XP Home
> > Sp2), it just would not give me the option to enable it to connect to
> > a wireless
> > network running WPA encryption. It only gives me the option of WEP
> > encryption (which I tried and it still does not work). I spen three
> > hours last night installing SP2 on it and installing every hotfix
> > after that, but it still does not want to connect to the network with
> > a WPA key, even though
> > it can see the network perfectly. I installed the latest drivers for
> > the
> > network card on it, hoping that would do it, but it has not. I am
> > thinking that the problem is with Windows "not knowing" about WPA
> > encryption.
> >
> > Are there any suggestions as to how I could try to get the thing to
> > recognize the network's WPA encryption?
>
> XP SP2 knows about WPA. It is more likely that the hardware in your
> Dad's computer does not support WPA. Older wireless hardware doesn't.
> Check on the device mftr.'s site for this information. Sometimes there
> will be a firmware update.
>
> All devices on the network must support WPA if you are going to use this
> newer, better standard.
>
> Malke
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Huh. I would think it supports WPA as it is probably no more than a year
and a half old. Or something like that. Well, I will take a look and see if
that does annything. Thanks.