I recently purchased a laptop w/ Vista. When I asked the IT department at my
University for help with accessing our school's wireless network, I was told
that it was only possible to access if you are running XP w/ SP2.

My friend set himself up using his MacBook and MacOS, so their XP only
theory can't be right. I told them there is a difference between it not being
possible and their not knowing how to do it, so now I get no help from them.

I followed the security settings given to XP users (WPA, TKIP, etc.) but
Vista still tells me the security settings don't match the network's.

Am I doomed to wait until the school upgrades to Vista (long after I
graduate), or is there something I'm missing?

Hi

Not sure if it will help your situation
but it has for a good few on home networks
and its free for 30 days

http://www.networkmagic.com/download/

cheers

K/






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I recently purchased a laptop w/ Vista. When I asked the IT department at
my
University for help with accessing our school's wireless network, I was
told
that it was only possible to access if you are running XP w/ SP2.

My friend set himself up using his MacBook and MacOS, so their XP only
theory can't be right. I told them there is a difference between it not
being
possible and their not knowing how to do it, so now I get no help from
them.

I followed the security settings given to XP users (WPA, TKIP, etc.) but
Vista still tells me the security settings don't match the network's.

Am I doomed to wait until the school upgrades to Vista (long after I
graduate), or is there something I'm missing?

"Only possible" == "We only have setup instructions for"

I'm assuming they're using WPA with a RADIUS server, authenticating your
student username & password for connection? If so, that's listed as
WPA-Enterprise in Vista.

To begin with, try removing the wireless profile from Vista (NSC Manage
Wireless Networks and delete the one for your school's SSID). See if Start
Connect can auto-detect the type of your network. If not, take the
settings your school gave you, go back to the Manage Wireless Networks and
create a new profile (Add). I'm assuming you're using WPA-Enterprise (if
you have a key to enter, it's WPA-Personal instead), so select that, you
said encryption was TKIP, and I'm making a guess that you're probably using
Protected EAP with that. Under Settings, enter whatever your setup
instructions call for -- I don't recall that dialog being very different
from XP to Vista.

If neither the auto-detect nor the fresh profile work, please post back here
with the exact error.

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I recently purchased a laptop w/ Vista. When I asked the IT department at
my
University for help with accessing our school's wireless network, I was
told
that it was only possible to access if you are running XP w/ SP2.

My friend set himself up using his MacBook and MacOS, so their XP only
theory can't be right. I told them there is a difference between it not
being
possible and their not knowing how to do it, so now I get no help from
them.

I followed the security settings given to XP users (WPA, TKIP, etc.) but
Vista still tells me the security settings don't match the network's.

Am I doomed to wait until the school upgrades to Vista (long after I
graduate), or is there something I'm missing?