wireless cards work wep vista

2 Different wireless cards same problem. If I turn off WEP they work fine. Turn WEP back on both stop working. Vista recognizes the need to put the pass code in and I do that. But still will not connect. One card internal Intel the other PCMCIA Linksys.
anyone have any suggestions.
Mark

yeah, embrace FREE WIFI for the masses! :D
"Mark S-123" wrote:

2 Different wireless cards same problem. If I turn off WEP they work fine. Turn WEP back on both stop working. Vista recognizes the need to put the pass code in and I do that. But still will not connect. One card internal Intel the other PCMCIA Linksys.
anyone have any suggestions.
Mark

I've experienced a somewhat trying time with this too, but a possible fix, which seems to work for my three different wireless locations is the following: instead of using the passphrase for the WEP key (passphrase = alphanumeric 26 letters 0-1 number) try using the hexadecimal equivalent. That should fix your problem. Oh, and give the system a little time to hear the beacon, even if it is a non-broadcasting AP. (a minute or two?).
regards, Justin
"Mark S-123" wrote:

2 Different wireless cards same problem. If I turn off WEP they work fine. Turn WEP back on both stop working. Vista recognizes the need to put the pass code in and I do that. But still will not connect. One card internal Intel the other PCMCIA Linksys.
anyone have any suggestions.
Mark

I had a hard time making my wireless work with my WEP enabled access point. There are usually multiple WEP keys that you can define on a access point, by default key 0 is used. I do not use the default key number and even in the non-broadcasting wireless setup there is no way to set the key number. After hours of frustration I found that if I went into the "Arrange Wireless Networks” and was able to set all of the properties of the wireless configuration including the WEP key number. Once the key and key number was set it worked.
"Justin" wrote:

I've experienced a somewhat trying time with this too, but a possible fix, which seems to work for my three different wireless locations is the following: instead of using the passphrase for the WEP key (passphrase = alphanumeric 26 letters 0-1 number) try using the hexadecimal equivalent. That should fix your problem. Oh, and give the system a little time to hear the beacon, even if it is a non-broadcasting AP. (a minute or two?).
regards, Justin
"Mark S-123" wrote:

2 Different wireless cards same problem. If I turn off WEP they work fine. Turn WEP back on both stop working. Vista recognizes the need to put the pass code in and I do that. But still will not connect. One card internal Intel the other PCMCIA Linksys.
anyone have any suggestions.
Mark