This is weird.  I have an N class wireless router (Linksys WRT160N) with the latest 
firmware.  From my Vista laptop, it works perfectly at any security settings (I prefer 
WPA2 Personal TKIP).  But if I use any security settings at all on my XP laptop, 
it never connects, even though I cut and paste the encryption key from the same source 
file.  It only works if I turn off all security, which is unacceptable.

What happens if I use any security is this: I select the network, press connect, 
then enter the encryption key.  A window comes up with the title "Wireless Network 
Connection" with a constantly scrolling progress bar below the words "Waiting for 
the network to be ready".  After several minutes, the window just closes without 
any error message, but without connecting, either.

The oddest thing is that the same XP laptop connects perfectly to an AT&T wireless 
connection with WPA security!

What can I do?

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re: Any security blocks wireless connection Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:56 pm Posted by geek9pm (1030 messages posted) Yeah, I have a hard time too with XP and wireless security. I am just to lazy to fix it. Anyway, here is a place to start if you have not already t read his: Implement WPA2-Personal wireless security on a Windows XP SP2-based computer Please post back if this does or does not help. There is more stuff like this on the Microsoft site. It is a assle for a lot of us to get it right. Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any security blocks wireless connection Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 11:47 pm Posted by Spection (54 messages posted) Thanks, Geek9pm, for your reply. I've done everything described on the page you linked to, but nothing has changed. Not only can't I connect with my desired network (from a Linksys router with full WPA2 support) with WPA2, I can't connect with WPA either (after changing the Linksys router to WPA). Which is strange considering that I can connect fine to an AT&T wireless network that has WPA security enabled! I can only connect to the Linksys wireless network with all security disabled. Any other suggestions? On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:56 pm, geek9pm wrote: >Yeah, I have a hard time too with XP and wireless security. I am just to lazy to >fix it. Anyway, here is a place to start if you have not already t read his: ... >Please post back if this does or does not help. There is more stuff like this on >the Microsoft site. It is a assle for a lot of us to get it right. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any security blocks wireless connection Friday, October 17, 2008 at 12:58 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) It wouldn't work on mine either. At the time I was trying to implement it, my searches led me to believe that it was an XP problem. Since I only needed wireless for a couple of months, I didn't work terribly hard to research the issue though. On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 11:47 pm, Martin Bush wrote: >Thanks, Geek9pm, for your reply. I've done everything described on the page you >linked to, but nothing has changed. Not only can't I connect with my desired network >(from a Linksys router with full WPA2 support) with WPA2, I can't connect with WPA >either (after changing the Linksys router to WPA). Which is strange considering >that I can connect fine to an AT&T wireless network that has WPA security enabled! > I can only connect to the Linksys wireless network with all security disabled. > >Any other suggestions? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any security blocks wireless connection Friday, October 17, 2008 at 6:47 am Posted by Steve (23811 messages posted) I couldn't get WPA to work either, but WEP worked fine. Most Users can't get into Windows if they forget their Password, so I figured WEP was secure enough. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any security blocks wireless connection Friday, October 17, 2008 at 8:29 am Posted by geek9pm (1030 messages posted) Rather than going bvack into the Microsft site, you may wish to tray some of the D-Link forums. There may be users who fixed the XP program and reported it on a D-link forum. Hera a a couple: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/dlink http://www.amazon.com/tag/d-link/forum Yes, Anazon has a D-link forum! Thanks for giving us a try! Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Any security blocks wireless connection Friday, October 17, 2008 at 3:46 pm Posted by appleoddity (2369 messages posted) Have you tried to connect any other devices wirelessly to this router? Usually when I run into problems like this, it is the router. Usually doing a hard reset of the router then reprogramming solves the problem. These cheap home routers tend to freak out sometimes and do all kinds of unpredictable things. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum