Windows XP SP2 and WEP Encryption? 90
HumanCarbonUnit asks: "Here's a question for all of you XP SP2 users out there. When connecting to any WEP (64 or 128) encrypted wireless network the laptops connect but an IP address isn't given out and even with a static IP address, the internet is in-accessible. I have a Linksys WAP54G access point and an Airlink 101 Wireless router for connection and two laptops, a new Sony Vaio and an HP L2000 Special Edition. Both laptops are running Windows XP SP 2 fully updated including newest drivers. For a router, I have a Netgear FR114P that issues the IP addresses acts as gateway / DNS for the two wireless access points. When either wireless access point is un-encrypted or uses WPA encryption, the IP is assigned and everything works. So, Slashdot: what's up with Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Wireless WEP encryption?"
"FYI: There is no MAC address filtering and the WEP 64 key is 5 characters and the 128 key is 13 characters. I've tried the laptops in other WEP encrypted networks with the same results and I've tried other laptops on my network with same results. My Tivo and friends Windows 2000 latop both connect to the WEP encrypted network without any troubles and work just fine."
Hold please... (Score:5, Insightful)
You believe this is a widespread problem? (Score:5, Insightful)
It works fine on my Windows XP Pro SP2 machine. If XP SP2 + WEP was truly a major issue on standard installations, there'd be major news on it considering how widespread wireless use is. I'm not going to waste my time figuring out what's wrong with your configuration. We're not your free tech support.
Ask Slashdot is for asking people's opinions on things, not solving the problems you're too cheap to pay someone to solve for you.
WPA vs. WEP (Score:3, Insightful)
Other than that, I want to know how the editors let a windows tech support question on a *nix biased board. Hell, even if it was, "I can't get iwconfig to work properly, and I think it's the way I've used ndiswrapper, are there any other open source tools or drivers available?" I still don't think it should have been accepted.
Next up on slashdot from the why-the-fuck dept. "How do I put IE on linux using WINE?"
Re:Hold please... (Score:1, Insightful)
Sorry if I'm coming across as rude, but at what point did Slashdot become a tech support forum? This seems more like a question for a Windows board, not "News for Nerds, Stuff that matters."
I'd say the editors are even more at fault, as publishing this sort of stuff encourages it even more.
Why I asked how to fix the WEP problem. (Score:2, Insightful)