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Title: Network password needs to change to 128bit
Post by: skonie on January 31, 2010, 02:57:59 AM

While trying to wirelessly connect my husband's older Windows XP Pro laptop to my D-Link 655 network, when I type in the WPA Personal AES password which worked perfectly for my new Windows 7 laptop, this is the message:
Network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network configuration.  Network password can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 to 26 hexa decimal characters.
I tried putting the AUTORUN network settings on a memory stick from the Win7 laptop and transferring it to the Win XP Pro laptop but get the message "Information is not usable".  What do I need to change to connect this laptop wirelessly to the network ?  Thank you...she said hopefully.  :)

Title: Re: Network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits
Post by: lizzi555 on January 31, 2010, 03:12:18 AM

The older XP laptop tries to connect with WEP encryption (40/104 Bit key = 64/128 Bit WEP).
Try to update XP at least to SP2 and additional WPA patches, better SP3.

Earlier versions of XP did not support WPA/WPA2

Title: Re: Network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits
Post by: skonie on January 31, 2010, 03:47:51 AM

Thank you for taking the time to reply.  In checking, SP2 update has been installed.

We'll have to get his company to authorize admin priveleges to update to SP3 and patches.  Obviously I'm basic 101A technically.  Will post if problem persists after updates.  Thank you again.

Title: Re: Network password needs to be 128 bit encryption not 40bits or 104bits
Post by: skonie on January 31, 2010, 06:05:00 AM

Corporate Admin will not allow an upgrade to SP3.  They want me to use a 128 bit encryption key.  I looked throught the setup and can't spot where to change to the 128 bit key.  Can you please tell me where to find that ?  I'm using the 655 in bridge mode with a BellSouth 2210 Motorola modem (southeastern).
Again, thank you for your help.

Quote from: lizzi555 on January 31, 2010, 03:12:18 AM

The older XP laptop tries to connect with WEP encryption (40/104 Bit key = 64/128 Bit WEP).
Try to update XP at least to SP2 and additional WPA patches, better SP3.

Earlier versions of XP did not support WPA/WPA2

Title: Re: Network password needs to change to 128bit
Post by: lizzi555 on January 31, 2010, 06:15:36 AM

Open the router menu and select Setup/Wireless settings -> Manual Wireless Network Setup

Your password needs to be 26 digits long, only numbers or letters from A to F, for example:
12345678901234567890ABCDEF

(http://lizzi555.dyndns.org/PICS_ETC/WEP128.png)

Title: Re: Network password needs to change to 128bit
Post by: skonie on January 31, 2010, 07:36:49 AM

Again, thank you for such an easy to follow, detailed reply.
I see that changing the encryption limits the network to 802.11b or g, no n.

I've asked him to recquisition a non-prehistoric computer if he wants to utilize our home network. 
He still loves me... he just sighed loudly.  :)