HELP:Connecting to a WPA protected Wireless network using XP Home

kj · 28th April 2006, 07:21 PM

...is proving considerably troublesome. The machines using XP Professional managed to connect without any major issues and now I am left with one machine using XP Home which is refusing to even detect the wireless network.

I’ve found some hot fixes for XP SP1 and SP2 that allow machines with Intel controllers to connect to WPA protected wireless networks and i’ve installed the appropriate one on the machine and then chose to use Windows to manage the net connection device and now I am being prompted for the passkey to access the WPA network but once I enter it I get a connecting message but it just goes on and on and on without actually connecting to the network.

This is pissing me off.

The next stage is to try this. I figured that perhaps the problem isn’t with XP Home or the network but with the network card not being compatible with WPA secured wi-fi networks. I’m going to give that a shot. Looks like this person had similar issues so fingers crossed their solution works for me too.

That didnt work either. So basically the current state of play is this...

I have two machines running XP Pro that connect to the WPA enabled wireless network no problem. I have one machine running XP Home which can detect the WPA enabled wireless network but wont connect to it and i need to get it to connect. I've tried everything i can think of from turning the firewall off on that machine to letting windows manage the wireless network card.

Any help or advice on this would be great.

humndislocation · 30th April 2006, 03:34 PM

I couldn't get my laptop to connect to my router with WPA enabled. I had to settle for WEP instead

kj · 30th April 2006, 03:48 PM

yeah, the Windows XP Home laptop will connect via WEP but not WPA. I'm surprised that this wasn't included in the Home version as the two machines running XP Pro connected no problem.

I'll keep you updated if i find a solution.

Pacomari · 30th April 2006, 07:47 PM

yeah i never got it going on my bros laptop, then i installed the latest connection software from his wireless card and used that to control the connection instead of windows and it worked, think it was d-link card.

kj · 1st May 2006, 03:28 PM

so that was the software that came with the card? Was it a PCMCIA card for the laptop? Who was it made by?

humndislocation · 1st May 2006, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kj

yeah, the Windows XP Home laptop will connect via WEP but not WPA. I'm surprised that this wasn't included in the Home version as the two machines running XP Pro connected no problem.

I'll keep you updated if i find a solution.

My laptop uses XP Pro, and it still doesn't work. I can only assume that the card doesn't support it, or I've not updated the drivers.

Pacomari · 1st May 2006, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kj

so that was the software that came with the card? Was it a PCMCIA card for the laptop? Who was it made by?

yeah, it was d-link i think, he aint here

28th April 2006, 07:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,142 Band: A band of merry men	HELP:Connecting to a WPA protected Wireless network using XP Home ...is proving considerably troublesome. The machines using XP Professional managed to connect without any major issues and now I am left with one machine using XP Home which is refusing to even detect the wireless network. I’ve found some hot fixes for XP SP1 and SP2 that allow machines with Intel controllers to connect to WPA protected wireless networks and i’ve installed the appropriate one on the machine and then chose to use Windows to manage the net connection device and now I am being prompted for the passkey to access the WPA network but once I enter it I get a connecting message but it just goes on and on and on without actually connecting to the network. This is pissing me off. The next stage is to try this. I figured that perhaps the problem isn’t with XP Home or the network but with the network card not being compatible with WPA secured wi-fi networks. I’m going to give that a shot. Looks like this person had similar issues so fingers crossed their solution works for me too. That didnt work either. So basically the current state of play is this... I have two machines running XP Pro that connect to the WPA enabled wireless network no problem. I have one machine running XP Home which can detect the WPA enabled wireless network but wont connect to it and i need to get it to connect. I've tried everything i can think of from turning the firewall off on that machine to letting windows manage the wireless network card. Any help or advice on this would be great. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

30th April 2006, 03:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,142 Band: A band of merry men	yeah, the Windows XP Home laptop will connect via WEP but not WPA. I'm surprised that this wasn't included in the Home version as the two machines running XP Pro connected no problem. I'll keep you updated if i find a solution. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

1st May 2006, 03:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,142 Band: A band of merry men	so that was the software that came with the card? Was it a PCMCIA card for the laptop? Who was it made by? __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

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humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,996 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	I couldn't get my laptop to connect to my router with WPA enabled. I had to settle for WEP instead

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Pacomari Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: glasgow. Posts: 751	yeah i never got it going on my bros laptop, then i installed the latest connection software from his wireless card and used that to control the connection instead of windows and it worked, think it was d-link card.