wireless in windows

ive got built in wireless on my laptop.

changed router password only now i cant get my laptop to connect

it gives me all the crap that the password has to be between a certain length if it is hexadecimal or ascii characters,

so to get around that i changed the password again to a 5 letter one

and my laptop wont connect.

ive tried deleting the profile on my laptop for the router so it re finds it and then putting the password in
no joy.

im using 128bit WEP

thanks in advance for your help!

 

I believe that 128bit WEP has to be 26 characters hexadecimal. you would need to type the WEP code that is assigned to the router when you connect to it.

What I mean is that your router's password has nothing to do with the WEP setting. so when you connect, if you are typing in the routers password it will "connect" but it wont be able to access any information from the router.

 

I have a problem similar to this.
How do I get to the location that allows me to type in the WEP code?

ucb9999

 

here's what you need to do. If you are managed by windows...go into your network connections. Right click on Wireless, click View Available Network connections. Click Change the order of preferred networks. Make sure that list is empty. Then go back to searching available networks. find yours, it should have a lock symbol. When you try to connect to it it will come up with a box where you will need to type in the WEP code. you will be able to find this code in your routers setup under Security.

 

It'd be easier and better to use WPA. That way you can use a free-form password, rather than a cryptic key, and it's more secure.

 

Wpa? more secure why?

 

WEP is a breakable algorithm with enough sniffing of packets (if you're transferring a lot of data, maybe 15 minutes or so of packets). WPA is really only subject to brute-force password guessing attacks, which are a lot harder to deal with. WEP is more secure than nothing, but WPA is more secure than WEP, and it's easier to deal with. Only problem is it's a slightly higher processor load on the WAP and the machine to do the encryption, but that's well worth it to me. All it meant is that I had to upgrade from my old Linksys 802.11b router to a WRT54G

 

thanks for the info..

 

I use intel pro wireless(I can't get windows to work). Is it the same as windows or is there some other process need to be taken to get my wireless working properly?

ucb9999

 

First try going to Window (HCL) to see if your setup is on there list.I use Belkin 54g and Windows can't set it up either.Then try clicking change advance settings,select the wireless network that you want to configure,click properties and if the network is not there click add.Make sure that the desktop and laptop have the same network key "WEP or WAP",as the router, network name and workgroup. If you have neighbors make sure that they didn't reconfigure the network somehow try changing the channel from default usually 11 to something else or try your old setup to see where you might have went wrong,make sure you write everything down so you don't forget what you've tried and have'nt .