Re: Linksys WPC11 (v3) on W2K, WPA: any hope?

George wrote:
I have a Toshiba 'Satellite' laptop, running Win 2K. It had a 10/100
(wired) network PCMCIA card, which worked. My router is a D-link "Air
Plus G" 802.11g (2.4 Ghz). It's set for WPA-PSK, which works with other
PC's.

However, when I try to use a Linksys WPC11 (v3) wireless card in this
Toshiba, I get nothing but trouble. Short story: when installed from
the Linksys CD, the network is sometimes detected; but, I can't connect
to it. When I install the new (supposedly WPA-compatible) driver, I get
no network operation, and the laptop regularly locks up, so that I have
to use the reset button to recover.

In more detail, ...
- Old driver (from CD): 1.7.37.1098
- New (WPA?) driver : 3.0.4.205

The 'hangup problem' seems strongly associated with the Linksys
"configuration utility". That is, it almost always locks up when I try
to run the utility with the new driver. Not so, with the old driver.
It has sometimes locked up even when the utility is not running.
I've tried various installation schemes, including un-installing
everything first. I can provide more details, if that would help.

I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. If this is not worth pursuing, it
would be helpful to hear that.

TIA,
George
From the 3.04.205 firmware:-
Driver Version 3.0.4.205 (Windows XP and 2000 user only and No WHQL Certificed)
- Supports Wi-Fi Protected Access (TM) (WPA) with additional supplicants from Microsoft (WinXP only)
- Supports Wi-Fi Protected Access (TM) (WPA) with additional supplicants from Funk Software (Win2000 only)
So unless you installed the supplicant from Funk as well it won't work.

McAfee used to have a "WPA Assistant" but it looks as if it is no longer free but part of their security package.
http://www.wirelesssecuritycorp.com/wsc/public/WPAAssistant.do

Your only other options seem to be :-
1. WPA Supplicant for windows http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
2.Get a new Wireless card that supports WPA in Win 2000.
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