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I just purchased an MN-710 USB adapter. With WEP enabled on my WAP
(Linksys WAP54G), I can't get the MN-710 to connect to the wireless
network. If I disable WEP on the WAP then the MN-710 is able to connect
with no problems. I've confirmed the WEP key (128-bit) in the MN-710
settings and it is correct. The bridge I use to connect my Xbox to the
wireless LAN (Linksys WGA11B) and my laptop (Cisco 500 series card) both
connect with WEP so I know that WEP works in general, but just not with
this MN-710 adapter. Is there something I'm missing? A known issue (I
didn't find anything in the MS KB)? OS is Windows 2000.

Any help would be appreciated,

Derek

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What kind of WEP key are you using on the "Linksys WAP54G"? The
software for the Microsoft wireless NIC's uses a hexadecimal key that
uses 26 characters from 0-9 & a-f.

Derek Battams wrote:

> I just purchased an MN-710 USB adapter. With WEP enabled on my WAP
> (Linksys WAP54G), I can't get the MN-710 to connect to the wireless
> network. If I disable WEP on the WAP then the MN-710 is able to connect
> with no problems. I've confirmed the WEP key (128-bit) in the MN-710
> settings and it is correct. The bridge I use to connect my Xbox to the
> wireless LAN (Linksys WGA11B) and my laptop (Cisco 500 series card) both
> connect with WEP so I know that WEP works in general, but just not with
> this MN-710 adapter. Is there something I'm missing? A known issue (I
> didn't find anything in the MS KB)? OS is Windows 2000.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Derek

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Derek Battams wrote:
> I just purchased an MN-710 USB adapter. With WEP enabled on my WAP
> (Linksys WAP54G), I can't get the MN-710 to connect to the wireless
> network. If I disable WEP on the WAP then the MN-710 is able to connect
> with no problems. I've confirmed the WEP key (128-bit) in the MN-710
> settings and it is correct. The bridge I use to connect my Xbox to the
> wireless LAN (Linksys WGA11B) and my laptop (Cisco 500 series card) both
> connect with WEP so I know that WEP works in general, but just not with
> this MN-710 adapter. Is there something I'm missing? A known issue (I
> didn't find anything in the MS KB)? OS is Windows 2000.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Derek

In case someone else hits this, the problem was that I had inadvertently
changed the "Security" setting on the Linksys access point from "Auto"
to "Shared Key" when I was changing some other stuff. Once I changed it
back to "Auto" the MN-710 was immediately able to associate with the WAP
using 128-bit WEP.

- Derek