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April 30th 07, 05:47 PM
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Having some trouble setting up my laptop's wireless connection
I've just done a wipe and load of Windows Vista onto my laptop. It is
working great, but when I did the setup I plugged it in using a RJ-45 cable. Now I want to use the wireless on my home network. Of course I hide the SSID, and I am using WPA, but Vista is asking me things I haven' the foggiest about, such as if it is WPA, or WPA2, or etc. I don't even know how I can find this out. So, how do I find out the answers to the questions that Vista is asking me, concerning connecting to my home's wireless network? Rod 
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April 30th 07, 07:25 PM
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Having some trouble setting up my laptop's wireless connection
"Rod" wrote in message
... I've just done a wipe and load of Windows Vista onto my laptop. It is working great, but when I did the setup I plugged it in using a RJ-45 cable. Now I want to use the wireless on my home network. Of course I hide the SSID, and I am using WPA, but Vista is asking me things I haven' the foggiest about, such as if it is WPA, or WPA2, or etc. I don't even know how I can find this out. So, how do I find out the answers to the questions that Vista is asking me, concerning connecting to my home's wireless network? Rod You need to check your wireless access point/router to determine what type of encryption your currently using, ie. WPA or WPA2. Its probably easier to simply start over and generate a new key/etc with Vista, save that off to a flash drive and reconfigure your wireless access point/router... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0406.mspx Use a long random key. Its also a good idea to *NOT* cloak the SSID broadcast. You only run into connectivity issues and it serves no good purpose as far as security is concerned... Wireless security recommendations... http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...sSecurity.html What wireless access point/router are you using? -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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May 1st 07, 02:32 AM
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Having some trouble setting up my laptop's wireless connection
I am using a Netgear WGT624 v2.
Rod "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rod" wrote in message ... I've just done a wipe and load of Windows Vista onto my laptop. It is working great, but when I did the setup I plugged it in using a RJ-45 cable. Now I want to use the wireless on my home network. Of course I hide the SSID, and I am using WPA, but Vista is asking me things I haven' the foggiest about, such as if it is WPA, or WPA2, or etc. I don't even know how I can find this out. So, how do I find out the answers to the questions that Vista is asking me, concerning connecting to my home's wireless network? Rod You need to check your wireless access point/router to determine what type of encryption your currently using, ie. WPA or WPA2. Its probably easier to simply start over and generate a new key/etc with Vista, save that off to a flash drive and reconfigure your wireless access point/router... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0406.mspx Use a long random key. Its also a good idea to *NOT* cloak the SSID broadcast. You only run into connectivity issues and it serves no good purpose as far as security is concerned... Wireless security recommendations... http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...sSecurity.html What wireless access point/router are you using? -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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May 1st 07, 04:23 PM
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Having some trouble setting up my laptop's wireless connection
Sooner:
May I ask you a question about the reason for NOT cloaking the SSID? I have a desktop running XPSP2 directly connected to my wireless router, a laptop running XPSP2 connected wirelessly and two PDAs connected wirelessly. I've never broadcast my SSID and have always been able to connect using the PDAs and XP laptop with no problem. It seems to me that any form of protection (no matter how small) is better then none. So I'm not quite sure I understand the reasoning behind your suggestion for not broadcasting the SSID. Could you clarify? Thanks :-) "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote: "Rod" wrote in message ... I've just done a wipe and load of Windows Vista onto my laptop. It is working great, but when I did the setup I plugged it in using a RJ-45 cable. Now I want to use the wireless on my home network. Of course I hide the SSID, and I am using WPA, but Vista is asking me things I haven' the foggiest about, such as if it is WPA, or WPA2, or etc. I don't even know how I can find this out. So, how do I find out the answers to the questions that Vista is asking me, concerning connecting to my home's wireless network? Rod You need to check your wireless access point/router to determine what type of encryption your currently using, ie. WPA or WPA2. Its probably easier to simply start over and generate a new key/etc with Vista, save that off to a flash drive and reconfigure your wireless access point/router... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0406.mspx Use a long random key. Its also a good idea to *NOT* cloak the SSID broadcast. You only run into connectivity issues and it serves no good purpose as far as security is concerned... Wireless security recommendations... http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...sSecurity.html What wireless access point/router are you using? -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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May 1st 07, 06:32 PM
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Having some trouble setting up my laptop's wireless connection
Aahh... Just answered my own question. :-)
See link: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net...hiddennet.mspx "Mike" wrote: Sooner: May I ask you a question about the reason for NOT cloaking the SSID? I have a desktop running XPSP2 directly connected to my wireless router, a laptop running XPSP2 connected wirelessly and two PDAs connected wirelessly. I've never broadcast my SSID and have always been able to connect using the PDAs and XP laptop with no problem. It seems to me that any form of protection (no matter how small) is better then none. So I'm not quite sure I understand the reasoning behind your suggestion for not broadcasting the SSID. Could you clarify? Thanks :-) "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote: "Rod" wrote in message ... I've just done a wipe and load of Windows Vista onto my laptop. It is working great, but when I did the setup I plugged it in using a RJ-45 cable. Now I want to use the wireless on my home network. Of course I hide the SSID, and I am using WPA, but Vista is asking me things I haven' the foggiest about, such as if it is WPA, or WPA2, or etc. I don't even know how I can find this out. So, how do I find out the answers to the questions that Vista is asking me, concerning connecting to my home's wireless network? Rod You need to check your wireless access point/router to determine what type of encryption your currently using, ie. WPA or WPA2. Its probably easier to simply start over and generate a new key/etc with Vista, save that off to a flash drive and reconfigure your wireless access point/router... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0406.mspx Use a long random key. Its also a good idea to *NOT* cloak the SSID broadcast. You only run into connectivity issues and it serves no good purpose as far as security is concerned... Wireless security recommendations... http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...sSecurity.html What wireless access point/router are you using? -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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May 1st 07, 08:54 PM
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Having some trouble setting up my laptop's wireless connection
"Mike" wrote in message
... Aahh... Just answered my own question. :-) See link: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net...hiddennet.mspx "Mike" wrote: Sooner: May I ask you a question about the reason for NOT cloaking the SSID? I have a desktop running XPSP2 directly connected to my wireless router, a laptop running XPSP2 connected wirelessly and two PDAs connected wirelessly. I've never broadcast my SSID and have always been able to connect using the PDAs and XP laptop with no problem. It seems to me that any form of protection (no matter how small) is better then none. So I'm not quite sure I understand the reasoning behind your suggestion for not broadcasting the SSID. Could you clarify? Thanks :-) Good link... I was going to point you to this one... http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10907 -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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