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Hi there,
For the life of me, I can't get my work laptop (brand new ThinkPad T42 with
built-in Intel wireless adapter, running XP) to connect to my home Netgear
MR314 access point with 128 bit WEP turned on. I also have MAC address
filtering turned on.
If I disable WEP, I can get it to connect. But if I leave WEP activated, I
can't. The MAC address filtering doesn't seem to make a difference. I've
tried setting up 64 bit WEP instead and that didn't seem to help.
I'd rather not disable WEP, and I'd rather not downgrade to 64 bit.
The infuriating thing is that I went through this situation a few weeks ago,
which was the first time I brought home the work laptop. When I first tried
it, I couldn't get it to connect. I tried all combinations of turning WEP on
and off, changing it from 128 bit to 64 bit and back, turning on the MAC
address filtering and turning it off, power cycling the router, etc. -- I
tried a million combinations and finally, in desperation, I rebooted one
more time and miraculously, it worked (with 128 bit WEP and MAC address
filtering ENABLED). I had tried so many things that I wasn't sure what
worked, but at that point the work laptop was able to connect no matter how
many times I rebooted it. I had no further problems for the rest of the
weekend (well, aside from the fact that I was *working* the whole weekend).
Since I had the correct settings (WEP key, SSID, etc.) stored in XP (my
network was listed as the only "preferred" network), I figured that next
time I brought it home, it would already have the settings and would just
see my network.
No dice. I've spent the evening trying all these things again (turning
various settings on and off, power cycling the laptop, router, etc.) with no
luck.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Troubleshooting steps or diagnostic utilities? I'm
stumped and frustrated.
Hi there,
For the life of me, I can't get my work laptop (brand new ThinkPad T42 with
built-in Intel wireless adapter, running XP) to connect to my home Netgear
MR314 access point with 128 bit WEP turned on. I also have MAC address
filtering turned on.
If I disable WEP, I can get it to connect. But if I leave WEP activated, I
can't. The MAC address filtering doesn't seem to make a difference. I've
tried setting up 64 bit WEP instead and that didn't seem to help.
I'd rather not disable WEP, and I'd rather not downgrade to 64 bit.
The infuriating thing is that I went through this situation a few weeks ago,
which was the first time I brought home the work laptop. When I first tried
it, I couldn't get it to connect. I tried all combinations of turning WEP on
and off, changing it from 128 bit to 64 bit and back, turning on the MAC
address filtering and turning it off, power cycling the router, etc. -- I
tried a million combinations and finally, in desperation, I rebooted one
more time and miraculously, it worked (with 128 bit WEP and MAC address
filtering ENABLED). I had tried so many things that I wasn't sure what
worked, but at that point the work laptop was able to connect no matter how
many times I rebooted it. I had no further problems for the rest of the
weekend (well, aside from the fact that I was *working* the whole weekend).
Since I had the correct settings (WEP key, SSID, etc.) stored in XP (my
network was listed as the only "preferred" network), I figured that next
time I brought it home, it would already have the settings and would just
see my network.
No dice. I've spent the evening trying all these things again (turning
various settings on and off, power cycling the laptop, router, etc.) with no
luck.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Troubleshooting steps or diagnostic utilities? I'm
stumped and frustrated.