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Old January 18th 08, 07:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Mark
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Default Vista and security identification

Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"

Has anyone seen this before?

thanks for any help provided

Mark
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Old January 18th 08, 11:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Malke
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Default Vista and security identification

Mark wrote:
Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"


Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke
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Old January 23rd 08, 01:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Mark
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Default Vista and security identification

"Thanks Malke,

Unfortunately I can not change the SSID, the router is work supplied and
that is a pocedure at work, their reasoning is that if no one can see it they
can nt try to hack it.

As I mentioned I have good connectivity to the Internet but still the
connection screen shows "the settings saved on this computer for the network
do not match the requirements of the network" and when the mouse is hung over
the connection the information box states the security is WEP. this is
incorrect. Is there something on my pc I need to change for this to rectify
the message?

thanks

Mark

"Malke" wrote:

Mark wrote:
Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"


Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

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Old January 28th 08, 07:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Joe Sp
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Default Vista and security identification

Malke:
I have essentially the same problem as Mark. My router is a Netgear WGR614,
set for WVA-PSK, and no such option is available in my HP laptop Vista
network setup.
Intel fixes won't work for me, since the laptop has an AMD processor.
The laptop does see the router's SSID, but none of the options available
will allow connectivity.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
JoeS

"Mark" wrote:

"Thanks Malke,

Unfortunately I can not change the SSID, the router is work supplied and
that is a pocedure at work, their reasoning is that if no one can see it they
can nt try to hack it.

As I mentioned I have good connectivity to the Internet but still the
connection screen shows "the settings saved on this computer for the network
do not match the requirements of the network" and when the mouse is hung over
the connection the information box states the security is WEP. this is
incorrect. Is there something on my pc I need to change for this to rectify
the message?

thanks

Mark

"Malke" wrote:

Mark wrote:
Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"


Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

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Old January 28th 08, 08:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Barb Bowman
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Default Vista and security identification

look for a firmware upgrade for the WGR614. which hardware version
do you have? I know the latest version supports WPA2, WPA, etc.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800, Joe Sp
wrote:

Malke:
I have essentially the same problem as Mark. My router is a Netgear WGR614,
set for WVA-PSK, and no such option is available in my HP laptop Vista
network setup.
Intel fixes won't work for me, since the laptop has an AMD processor.
The laptop does see the router's SSID, but none of the options available
will allow connectivity.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
JoeS

"Mark" wrote:

"Thanks Malke,

Unfortunately I can not change the SSID, the router is work supplied and
that is a pocedure at work, their reasoning is that if no one can see it they
can nt try to hack it.

As I mentioned I have good connectivity to the Internet but still the
connection screen shows "the settings saved on this computer for the network
do not match the requirements of the network" and when the mouse is hung over
the connection the information box states the security is WEP. this is
incorrect. Is there something on my pc I need to change for this to rectify
the message?

thanks

Mark

"Malke" wrote:

Mark wrote:
Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"

Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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Old January 28th 08, 09:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Joe Sp
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Default Vista and security identification

Thanks for the suggestion.
I have v6. I will check and let you know.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

look for a firmware upgrade for the WGR614. which hardware version
do you have? I know the latest version supports WPA2, WPA, etc.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800, Joe Sp
wrote:

Malke:
I have essentially the same problem as Mark. My router is a Netgear WGR614,
set for WVA-PSK, and no such option is available in my HP laptop Vista
network setup.
Intel fixes won't work for me, since the laptop has an AMD processor.
The laptop does see the router's SSID, but none of the options available
will allow connectivity.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
JoeS

"Mark" wrote:

"Thanks Malke,

Unfortunately I can not change the SSID, the router is work supplied and
that is a pocedure at work, their reasoning is that if no one can see it they
can nt try to hack it.

As I mentioned I have good connectivity to the Internet but still the
connection screen shows "the settings saved on this computer for the network
do not match the requirements of the network" and when the mouse is hung over
the connection the information box states the security is WEP. this is
incorrect. Is there something on my pc I need to change for this to rectify
the message?

thanks

Mark

"Malke" wrote:

Mark wrote:
Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"

Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

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Old February 1st 08, 06:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Joe Sp
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Default Vista and security identification

For Barb Bowman:
Thanks for your help. After a false start, I installed the latest Netgear
software on my router, and was able to successfully set up and use the WPA
security with my Vista laptop.
One of the things I learned is that "WPA-PSK" in Netgear talk is
WPA-Personal in Vista-talk. I also had to select TKIP (as opposed to AES).
The process was nowhere near as automatic as either Netgear or Microsoft
promise.
Thanks again.

"Joe Sp" wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion.
I have v6. I will check and let you know.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

look for a firmware upgrade for the WGR614. which hardware version
do you have? I know the latest version supports WPA2, WPA, etc.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800, Joe Sp
wrote:

Malke:
I have essentially the same problem as Mark. My router is a Netgear WGR614,
set for WVA-PSK, and no such option is available in my HP laptop Vista
network setup.
Intel fixes won't work for me, since the laptop has an AMD processor.
The laptop does see the router's SSID, but none of the options available
will allow connectivity.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
JoeS

"Mark" wrote:

"Thanks Malke,

Unfortunately I can not change the SSID, the router is work supplied and
that is a pocedure at work, their reasoning is that if no one can see it they
can nt try to hack it.

As I mentioned I have good connectivity to the Internet but still the
connection screen shows "the settings saved on this computer for the network
do not match the requirements of the network" and when the mouse is hung over
the connection the information box states the security is WEP. this is
incorrect. Is there something on my pc I need to change for this to rectify
the message?

thanks

Mark

"Malke" wrote:

Mark wrote:
Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"

Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

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Old February 1st 08, 07:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Barb Bowman
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Default Vista and security identification

thanks for the update.

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:20:18 -0800, Joe Sp
wrote:

For Barb Bowman:
Thanks for your help. After a false start, I installed the latest Netgear
software on my router, and was able to successfully set up and use the WPA
security with my Vista laptop.
One of the things I learned is that "WPA-PSK" in Netgear talk is
WPA-Personal in Vista-talk. I also had to select TKIP (as opposed to AES).
The process was nowhere near as automatic as either Netgear or Microsoft
promise.
Thanks again.

"Joe Sp" wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion.
I have v6. I will check and let you know.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

look for a firmware upgrade for the WGR614. which hardware version
do you have? I know the latest version supports WPA2, WPA, etc.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800, Joe Sp
wrote:

Malke:
I have essentially the same problem as Mark. My router is a Netgear WGR614,
set for WVA-PSK, and no such option is available in my HP laptop Vista
network setup.
Intel fixes won't work for me, since the laptop has an AMD processor.
The laptop does see the router's SSID, but none of the options available
will allow connectivity.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
JoeS

"Mark" wrote:

"Thanks Malke,

Unfortunately I can not change the SSID, the router is work supplied and
that is a pocedure at work, their reasoning is that if no one can see it they
can nt try to hack it.

As I mentioned I have good connectivity to the Internet but still the
connection screen shows "the settings saved on this computer for the network
do not match the requirements of the network" and when the mouse is hung over
the connection the information box states the security is WEP. this is
incorrect. Is there something on my pc I need to change for this to rectify
the message?

thanks

Mark

"Malke" wrote:

Mark wrote:
Hi, I have just bought a new pc with vista. My ld pc ran xp.

I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier
router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not
to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details.

My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the
network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"

Set your SSID to broadcast. Not broadcasting your SSID does not provide
any security and will hamper connectivity. Don't forget to change your
SSID from the router's default to something you'll recognize. After you
do this, can your computer now see and connect to your network?


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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Old February 9th 08, 07:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
ezitech
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Default Vista and security identification


Joe Sp;593238 Wrote:
For Barb Bowman:
Thanks for your help. After a false start, I installed the latest
Netgear
software on my router, and was able to successfully set up and use the
WPA
security with my Vista laptop.
One of the things I learned is that "WPA-PSK" in Netgear talk is
WPA-Personal in Vista-talk. I also had to select TKIP (as opposed to
AES).
The process was nowhere near as automatic as either Netgear or
Microsoft
promise.
Thanks again.

"Joe Sp" wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion.
I have v6. I will check and let you know.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:


Joe Sp, I have just set up Netgear Wireless router and stuggled with my
Vista laptop's security. After much searching I came across your message
above and it worked like a bomb, no fixes or firmware to be installed,
just a matter of selecting "WPA-Personal" and TKIP. Thank you for
sharing your experience. This is a useful forum.
Ezitech


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Old August 31st 08, 04:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
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To Joe SP, Thank you so much. I had searched and did stuff for 3 hours.
I had unhooked my router and resigned myself that I would have to get a
new one that said it was Vista compatible. I saw your post and hooked
it all back up (just couldn't let it defeat me) and IT WORKED. Thank
you again.


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