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Connection To Secure WiFi For WinMe?
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I set up our WiFi (Linksys WRT160N) to be "secure." We have an old laptop running Windows ME that has no built-in means of connecting to a secure network. Is there some way of way to connect ME to a secure network? Thanks, Gary |
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Connection To Secure WiFi For WinMe?
Add a WiFi card in the external expansion card slot. The WiFi card will come with encryption software. All will support WEP encryption; many do not support WPA encryption. Gary Brown wrote: Hi, I set up our WiFi (Linksys WRT160N) to be "secure." We have an old laptop running Windows ME that has no built-in means of connecting to a secure network. Is there some way of way to connect ME to a secure network? Thanks, Gary -- Mike Walsh |
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Connection To Secure WiFi For WinMe?
I set up our WiFi (Linksys WRT160N) to be "secure." We have
an old laptop running Windows ME that has no built-in means of connecting to a secure network. Is there some way of way to connect ME to a secure network? I forgot to mention the adapter is a Linksys WPC11. I spent some time with Linksys support. The WPC11 does not support the newer encryption protocols that the WRT160N does. I just need to figure out how to change or remove encryption. It doesn't help that the documentation I have doesn't match the WRT160N configuration screens. Any help? Gary |
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Connection To Secure WiFi For WinMe?
Both the adapter and the router support WEP encryption. Look in the user guide at http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WRT160N Gary Brown wrote: I set up our WiFi (Linksys WRT160N) to be "secure." We have an old laptop running Windows ME that has no built-in means of connecting to a secure network. Is there some way of way to connect ME to a secure network? I forgot to mention the adapter is a Linksys WPC11. I spent some time with Linksys support. The WPC11 does not support the newer encryption protocols that the WRT160N does. I just need to figure out how to change or remove encryption. It doesn't help that the documentation I have doesn't match the WRT160N configuration screens. Any help? Gary -- Mike Walsh |
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Connection To Secure WiFi For WinMe?
Gary Brown wrote:
Hi, I set up our WiFi (Linksys WRT160N) to be "secure." We have an old laptop running Windows ME that has no built-in means of connecting to a secure network. Is there some way of way to connect ME to a secure network? Thanks, Gary If I recall correctly, in the Win98/ME days, this was a function of the driver for your wireless network card. It varies, but most wireless card drivers offer a tray icon that you can right click to access these functions. If you set the router to broadcast the SSID, then you just select the ID from the list of detected access points. Then, following the instructions for the wireless network card, you would choose the encryption method you set at the router (WEP, WPA, or WPA2). Finally, you'd enter the slot # and password for the router connection, in the appropriate places in the dialog. If you set the router to NOT broadcast the SSID, then you'd have to type in the SSID info yourself, rather than scanning and selecting from a list. There should be an option open the dialog without scanning. The rest of the information would have to be entered as well, just as in the previous paragraph. Not owning that particular model of router, I don't know which of those encryption methods "secure" refers to. Likely WPA or WPA2, as WEP is considered "light" or "basic" wifi encryption these days. All of this is usually covered in your wifi card's manual or in the laptop manual (if it's built-in). The more well known brands like linksys or DLink include very detailed instructions and sometimes pictures. The lesser known brands from China like TPLink tend to be a bit terse though, but it's there, more or less. |
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