WPA patch didn't take in XP Pro -- no WPA options in Zero ..

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I have experienced the exact same thing. The Patch didn't even appear
in the ADD/REMOVE programs section in the Control Panel. What really
freaked me out was when I was attempting to see how my old Netgear
MA521 card performs with my Belkin wireless G router. Since I didn't
want to install the wireless config utility that came with the card, I
opted to enable the windows xp WZC utility. WPA and WPA-PSK appear in
the drop down box. I freaked out. I became curious and removed the
MA521 card and reinserted my Netgear WG511T card. Both WPA and
WPA-PSK appeared in the drop down box of the windows xp WZC. Is the
patch installed but remain hidden? It is still not listed in the
ADD/REMOVE programs section. When I attempted to type in the WPA-PSK
network key that matches that of the router, I could not connect.
After several attempts and failures, I went back to using the Netgear
wireless utility that came with the WG511T card.


On 7 Jun 2004 18:07:24 -0700, disposable789@yahoo.com wrote:

>I have XP Pro on a Gateway laptop. I installed the Microsoft -485 WPA
>patch and the -942 wireless rollup patch, but I the Zero Config box
>still shows only WEP as an encryption option and "open" or "shared"
>for authentication options. In other words, it's not reflecting the
>presence of the patches and not displaying any WPA options.
>
>The wireless card is an Intel PRO 2100 B card. When I tried using
>Intel's Proset, which does support WPA, I was treated to the Blue
>Screen of Death, a first in all the time I've used XP.
>
>I tried removing ALL the hotfixes and then reinstalling them through
>Windows Update, but nothing changed. Has this happened to anyone else?
>Is there something I'm overlooking?
>
>Any illumination would be appreciated.

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

<disposable789@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:698598ab.0406071707.34bc27d6@posting.google.com...
> I have XP Pro on a Gateway laptop. I installed the Microsoft -485 WPA
> patch and the -942 wireless rollup patch, but I the Zero Config box
> still shows only WEP as an encryption option and "open" or "shared"
> for authentication options. In other words, it's not reflecting the
> presence of the patches and not displaying any WPA options.
>
> The wireless card is an Intel PRO 2100 B card. When I tried using
> Intel's Proset, which does support WPA, I was treated to the Blue
> Screen of Death, a first in all the time I've used XP.
>
> I tried removing ALL the hotfixes and then reinstalling them through
> Windows Update, but nothing changed. Has this happened to anyone else?
> Is there something I'm overlooking?
>
> Any illumination would be appreciated.

Are you running the latest driver for the Intel card? For WPA to work you
have to have a WPA enabled AP/router, OS supplicant, and driver/firmware for
the client card.

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

When I tryed out the Microsoft Windows XP patch for WPA wireless
security, I was wondering, because the dialog for wireless network
changes it's layout but I still couldn't setup WPA or WPA-PSK. After
some research I had a thought that this may be caused by an old
wireless network driver of my WLAN card. I use a laptop with an
built-in Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter. When I
got the driver update from the IBM website...

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=Intel+...

....I succeeded. Since the update the wireless lan dialog shows me an
option for WPA and WPA-PSK. Now I'm very happy and WPA works fine.

Just for those who had the same problem.

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