Re: WPA-PSK wierd problem

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:35:25 GMT, "Geoff"
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I will disable all security to get try and get the thing connected first.

I will check the MAC filtering option. I don't "think" I've touched it, but
you never know - is set as "on" by default??.

No.

A mate of mine is bringing me his spare ADSL Router on Tuesday and I will
try that in their system if I cant't get things working with their existing
setup.

I suspect that as I'm not familiar with the BT Voyager router, I may not
have it configured properly and if the MAC filtering is "on", I'm guessing
it will refuse connections from any other PC's??

Ignore them.

Many thanks for all your help, I will report back on Tusday after I've been
to their house.

Geoff
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:55:15 GMT, "Geoff"
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Thanks for the suggestions:

His PC was in a dreadful mess, so I reinstalled it from scratch using his
XP
Home SP2 disk. All updates etc from Windows Update were applied and
checked
until there were no more updates available for it. He's only just got the
router and this particular PC has never been used wirelessly with it.

My network does not have the same name as his - I changed mine for
security
purposes and left his as the default "BTVOYAGER2110AB" until we got it up
and running.

I removed the network adapter from device manager and let it rediscover it
and the same thing happened.

I will try backing off to WEP and see if I can get a connection.

Good idea. I'd personally disable all security temporarily while
troubleshooting the problem. WEP can be a problem because different
products interpret keys differently.

Maybe it would be better to use the configuration software that came with
the card rather than letting Windows configure it?? It's a Sweex Ralink
54meg pci card. I've never used them before so I don't know what their
config software is like??

I haven't either. It may be worth giving the vendor software a try.
I normally prefer to use Windows for Wi-Fi configuration because most
vendor software isn't as good. One exception is Intel, which has very
good (other than being horribly bloated) connection software.

Are there any know issues with either the card or the BT router??

I'm not familiar with either -- sorry.

That it works at your house but not at his house suggests the problem is
related to the configuration of his wireless router/access point. Might
you possibly have enabled *> MAC filtering <* for just the one original
computer? This is why I recommend removing *all* security for
troubleshooting.

Thanks for your help

Geoff

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On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:12:24 GMT, "GB" <someone@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hoping for some help here as I'm at a dead end.

Installed XP Home for a friend of mine. IU set it up at my house
connected
to my wireless network - worked great - good signal strength and no
problems.

Took it back to them and although I can see their wireless network, I
can't
get the PC to connect to it. I set their router up for use with another
PC
in their house which works fine, but the "new" PC can't connect.

When it asks for the WPA network key and I input their key, it hangs at
the
"connecting" dialogue box for ages and eventually says that it can't
connect. Now the wierd bit is that there is already a network key in
the
dialogue box when I try and connect. Judging by the number of
characters
in
the key, it's mine from my wireless network??

Sounds like you both have the same SSID, which is a Really Bad Idea(c).
Set *unique* SSIDs on both WLANs; e.g.,
* "GB's wonderous wireless"
* "Friend's so-so-wireless"

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