Paula, you and your son have run afoul of one of Window's
idiosyncrasies in regards to wireless networks. Steve Gibson of
grc.com has provided a lot of information on configuring wireless
for Windows on his Web site and in his Security Now podcast. Check
out <http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-081.htm>, which also references
the notes to episode 82 and provides links to a Microsoft
Knowledgebase article and an optional (should be mandatory) update
to Windows wireless client. I have followed all of Steve's
recommendations, including the update of the wireless client, and
it all works well for me.
Thank, Roger
I actually get Steve's Security Now podcasts and listen with half an
ear. <g> I don't understand much of it but usually gain some
valuable information. I know he now recommends WPA instead of WEP
but I didn't even find that option available on my son's setup so we
used WEP. He's in a relatively secure area where that should be ok.
And his machine has the WEP key saved but still won't connect. I"ll
check Steve's website and see if I can find an answer there.
Paula
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