sp3 has no wpa option

sharpeye72 · 06-02-2009, 05:05 PM

Hi guys, hope you can help.
I've just moved house and there is wireless available at my new place but its wpa encrypted.
When I tried to connect it kept saying the network was out of range and to refresh the list.
I did some research and found a solution to this problem that involved entering the network key and setting the data encryption to wpa but theres no option for wpa, only wep or disabled.
Im on sp3 and I've been looking for a solution to this but im not having much luck finding anything.
Im no going to be able to switch to wep as its not my equipment so its wpa or nothing.
Any help will be awesome
Cheers

**lorjack** · 06-03-2009, 10:28 AM

What is the make/model of your wireless card? Have you updated the driver to the latest available?

sharpeye72 · 06-03-2009, 01:23 PM

Im getting the message, "the wizard could not find a better match for your hardware than the software you currently have installed."
My card is a toshiba-wireless_lan_card-E5D7\1 and the driver version is 7.43.0.9

**lorjack** · 06-03-2009, 08:19 PM

It looks like that network card does not support WPA, only WEP and no encryption. If you want to be able to use WPA encryption then you will have to go buy a new card that supports it.

06-02-2009, 05:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
sharpeye72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 11 OS: xp	sp3 has no wpa option Hi guys, hope you can help. I've just moved house and there is wireless available at my new place but its wpa encrypted. When I tried to connect it kept saying the network was out of range and to refresh the list. I did some research and found a solution to this problem that involved entering the network key and setting the data encryption to wpa but theres no option for wpa, only wep or disabled. Im on sp3 and I've been looking for a solution to this but im not having much luck finding anything. Im no going to be able to switch to wep as its not my equipment so its wpa or nothing. Any help will be awesome Cheers

06-03-2009, 10:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: sp3 has no wpa option What is the make/model of your wireless card? Have you updated the driver to the latest available? __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...

06-03-2009, 01:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
sharpeye72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 11 OS: xp	Re: sp3 has no wpa option Im getting the message, "the wizard could not find a better match for your hardware than the software you currently have installed." My card is a toshiba-wireless_lan_card-E5D7\1 and the driver version is 7.43.0.9

06-03-2009, 08:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: sp3 has no wpa option It looks like that network card does not support WPA, only WEP and no encryption. If you want to be able to use WPA encryption then you will have to go buy a new card that supports it. __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...