WPA2 Personal Setup

Dell Inspiron 8600 w/ Dell minipci 1450 Card and Linksys WRT54GC
WinXP

Trying to get WPA2 Personal working between the two.

Dell states that the card can perform WPA2 but the
http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs...ucts.php?TID=2
only says WPA.

Currently WPA-PSK w/TKIP works fine but just trying to get WPA2
to work.

My first question is clarification on WPA2. Is WPA2 the same as
WPA-PSK with AES encryption?

If I try to setup WPA-PSK w/AES I get a connection
and M$ states I have authenticated, but I am unable to ping the router.

If I set it back to TKIP, all works.

Just searching for a solution if possible.

moncho

"moncho" <moncho990009@somehownowhere.net> wrote in message
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> Dell Inspiron 8600 w/ Dell minipci 1450 Card and Linksys WRT54GC
> WinXP
>
> Trying to get WPA2 Personal working between the two.
>
> Dell states that the card can perform WPA2 but the
> http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs...ucts.php?TID=2
> only says WPA.
>
> Currently WPA-PSK w/TKIP works fine but just trying to get WPA2
> to work.
>
> My first question is clarification on WPA2. Is WPA2 the same as
> WPA-PSK with AES encryption?

Yes.

> If I try to setup WPA-PSK w/AES I get a connection
> and M$ states I have authenticated, but I am unable to ping the router.
>
> If I set it back to TKIP, all works.
>
> Just searching for a solution if possible.

Latest router firmware:1.02.8,
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...VisitorWrapper

> moncho
>

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>
> "moncho" <moncho990009@somehownowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:nbp6f.1099$8W.841@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com. ..
>> Dell Inspiron 8600 w/ Dell minipci 1450 Card and Linksys WRT54GC
>> WinXP
>>
>> Trying to get WPA2 Personal working between the two.
>>
>> Dell states that the card can perform WPA2 but the
>> http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs...ucts.php?TID=2
>> only says WPA.
>>
>> Currently WPA-PSK w/TKIP works fine but just trying to get WPA2
>> to work.
>>
>> My first question is clarification on WPA2. Is WPA2 the same as
>> WPA-PSK with AES encryption?
>
> Yes.
>
>> If I try to setup WPA-PSK w/AES I get a connection
>> and M$ states I have authenticated, but I am unable to ping the router.
>>
>> If I set it back to TKIP, all works.
>>
>> Just searching for a solution if possible.
>
> Latest router firmware:1.02.8,
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...VisitorWrapper
>

Already have this version. I also have the most recent version of the Dell
1450
driver.

I was hoping that would make a difference when I started having the problem.
I was
bummed when it made no difference.

Thanks,
moncho

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:02:38 GMT, "moncho"
<moncho990009@somehownowhere.net> wrote:

>Already have this version. I also have the most recent version of the Dell
>1450 driver.

OK. If you happen to be using XP Wireless Zero Config, that might be
the problem.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
However, there are some parts and pieces of WPA2 missing:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1820921,00.asp

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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:02:38 GMT, "moncho"
> <moncho990009@somehownowhere.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Already have this version. I also have the most recent version of the Dell
>>1450 driver.
>
>
> OK. If you happen to be using XP Wireless Zero Config, that might be
> the problem.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> However, there are some parts and pieces of WPA2 missing:
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1820921,00.asp
>

I put in the update and it started working but then the network
connection would drop every 2 minutes.

I found out that the Dell software was causing the problem,
shut it off and now all is well with WPA2-PSK.

I feel a little more secure now.

Thanks for the links

moncho