QUESTION ON WPA

[Guest]

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I just upgraded my notebook XP system to SP2 and
installed the latest MS BroadBand Networking updates.
Everything still works but I would like to use WPA on my
home wireless network (uses MS 700 series basestation and
pcmcia cards). Does this latest version of BBN support
wpa (finally). I found out the hard way that earlier
versions did not and had to re-install the whole network.

Thx for any suggestions.

jgs

 

[joker]

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Uninstall the BNU as it does not & most likely will never support WPA.

Think about it Microsoft makes more money by making you purchase Windows
XP to get WPA support. Also I think it would be difficult to add it
since they have announced they are going to drop the entire networking
thing.

So you can either use WEP & MAC filtering together (There is a known
security flaw in the design of WEP), upgrade all the computers to
Windows XP SP2 & use WPA, or find a third party piece of software that
adds WPA support.

jgs wrote:

> I just upgraded my notebook XP system to SP2 and
> installed the latest MS BroadBand Networking updates.
> Everything still works but I would like to use WPA on my
> home wireless network (uses MS 700 series basestation and
> pcmcia cards). Does this latest version of BBN support
> wpa (finally). I found out the hard way that earlier
> versions did not and had to re-install the whole network.
>
> Thx for any suggestions.
>
> jgs

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?)

Don't bother with the BNU.

Just use Windows XP SP2's Wireless Networking setup. It's far superior to
BNU anyways.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

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"jgs" <anjuli_bai@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c3ec01c489c6$8f8f2730$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I just upgraded my notebook XP system to SP2 and
> installed the latest MS BroadBand Networking updates.
> Everything still works but I would like to use WPA on my
> home wireless network (uses MS 700 series basestation and
> pcmcia cards). Does this latest version of BBN support
> wpa (finally). I found out the hard way that earlier
> versions did not and had to re-install the whole network.
>
> Thx for any suggestions.
>
> jgs