Re: Win98SE and WPA-PSK incompatibility

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:53:00 +0100, John Navas wrote
(in article <d3led2l3ui92mlf1cp0aq7nufg7k9jcfsk@xxxxxxx>):

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:39:32 +0100, Sally Thompson <me2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in <0001HW.C0FD0F3400282B18F0284530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

I am having a problem getting my Win98SE notebook to connect wirelessly to
my
Netgear router, which has WPA-PSK security enabled. After extensive
googling
and reading on this newsgroup I realise that such an old OS as Win98SE is
apparently incompatible with WPA-PSK.

No Microsoft support for WPA, and OS support has ended. Highly
recommend upgrading to Windows XP, which works well, given enough
memory, even on my old ThinkPad 600 (266 MHz Pentium II).

OK. Not sure whether there's enough memory on there atm - will check it
out.

My current set-up is: Netgear Wireless
ADSL Firewall Router DG834G with an iMac G5 connected through an Ethernet
cable and an iMac G4 which connects (successfully) wirelessly through its
built in Airport, Compaq Armada notebook running Win98SE with a Belkin
PCMCIA
card which has in the past connected with the same model router (but one
which didn't have any security enabled) in another house.

I don't use the notebook a lot but I have found three options (apart from
throwing out the notebook!) and would be glad of some advice:

1. When I want to use the notebook, unplug my Netgear router and plug the
notebook into my old BT Voyager broadband modem using my old USB cable (the
notebook has no Ethernet slot). I'm not keen on this although it would be
a
work-around.

USB is problematic on Windows 98. I'd suggest a PC Card Ethernet
adapter. Just about any will do that comes with a Windows 98 driver.
Newegg.com and Provantage are good online sources.

Yes, I think from your reply and the others this is the way to go. Have
found some on UK sites now I know what I'm looking for. I wasn't sure if I
could use such a thing.

2. Set the encryption on the router to WEP rather than WPA when I want to
use
the notebook, and then switch back. I believe from my reading that Win98SE
would work with WEP? I can set up WEP on the router OK, but I'm not sure
what
I would have to set up on the Belkin settings.

Don't use WEP.

Point taken.

3. I have found some downloadable *WPA software* from McAfee:
<http://www.wirelesssecuritycorp.com/wsc/public/WPAAssistant.do>
which apparently enables a Win98 computer to use WPA. Is this a good idea,
and does anyone know if it would work, or is there a better way?

Haven't used it myself, but it reportedly works fine.


Thanks very much for your reply John; I have learnt a lot over the last few
weeks from your replies to other posters and from reading your links.



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