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More info?)
My wireless card is built-in to my HP Pavilion laptop. It is a
Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance. Broadcom doesn't support OEM adapters,
and according to HP I have the latest driver installed. I looked
through the two resource CD's, but don't see anything like a utility.
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:43:51 +0800, "Walker" <abc@xyz.com> wrote:
>You should install your wireless card's utility (it should be shipped
>in the rescource CD). Or go to the wireless cards manufacturer's website
>to download the utility.
>
>"Dick" <LeadWinger> wrote in message news:6c6cd09qhfm5ia78c8o5hnf4789eaolejm@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 18:09:31 -0400, AndrewJ <ajpk3REMOVE@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:19:09 -0700, Dick <LeadWinger> wrote:
>> >
>> >>I am going crazy trying to set up WEP security in my network. My
>> >>Toshiba modem/router has a self-generated encryption key with 26
>> >>characters. The printout from setup looks like it is hexadecimal.
>> >>When I try to enter the same key in my laptop using XP Home, it will
>> >>only let me enter 24 characters. When I try to change the router, and
>> >>set type to HEX, it won't let me enter anything at all. What is the
>> >>secret here?
>> >
>> >Turn off* the zero configuration utility for XP. Download Toshiba's
>> >Wifi utility and use that instead, on the notebook.
>> >
>> >* Right click "my network places" and choose "properties". Right click
>> >the "wireless connection" icon ad also choose "properties", then click
>> >the "wireless networks" tab, then uncheck the box "use Windows to
>> >configure my wireless network settings". Warning not unchecking that
>> >box and using another utility can make a connection flakey.
>>
>> Thanks Andrew. Any idea where the Wi-Fi utility is on the Toshiba
>> site? I looked through everything in the download section, and didn't
>> see anything like that. Might it be on the installation CD? What
>> would the file name look like?