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Using a Microsoft access point, I have a Windows98 system
sharing a cable internet connection with a Windows XP Home
system that is connected by cable to the router and access
point. I am unable to add a third computer using Windows XP
Pro to this lash-up. The network is protected by WEP, which
on the W98 and XP Home machines uses a string of 10 numeric
characters to generate a 64-bit encryption key. The
on-board software on Windows XP Pro will not accept the
same string. Instead it asks for a 5-character ASCII string
or a 13-Hex-character string to generate, respectively, a
40- or a 106-character encryption key. How can I get around
this WEP encryption incompatibility between XP Home and XP
Pro so that the broadband internet connection is available
to networked computers singly at all times (that is, so
that the cabled computer does not have to be powered up)?
Using a Microsoft access point, I have a Windows98 system
sharing a cable internet connection with a Windows XP Home
system that is connected by cable to the router and access
point. I am unable to add a third computer using Windows XP
Pro to this lash-up. The network is protected by WEP, which
on the W98 and XP Home machines uses a string of 10 numeric
characters to generate a 64-bit encryption key. The
on-board software on Windows XP Pro will not accept the
same string. Instead it asks for a 5-character ASCII string
or a 13-Hex-character string to generate, respectively, a
40- or a 106-character encryption key. How can I get around
this WEP encryption incompatibility between XP Home and XP
Pro so that the broadband internet connection is available
to networked computers singly at all times (that is, so
that the cabled computer does not have to be powered up)?