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I just installed Vista RC1 on my Acer laptop. It didn't have a driver for my
wireless card, an Improcomm 2220, so I had to use the XP driver which I read
works fine (Improcomm has been out of business for a while now and it's
internal wireless).
I've been using a Linksys WRT54G wireless point with WPA on XP and it worked
fine. However, I can't get it to work under Vista. If I disable all security
(broadcast SSID and no encryption), it works, but add even the lightest
security and it won't connect. The "connect to a network" wizard works fine -
it even detects if I got the SSID and key right, but when it comes time to
actually connect, it fails and offers to "repair" the connection (does
nothing).
I would chalk this up to a driver problem, but the fact that it works until
Vista gets involved with security makes me wonder if it's a Windows issue.
Any thoughts/advice? Thanks in advance.
wireless card, an Improcomm 2220, so I had to use the XP driver which I read
works fine (Improcomm has been out of business for a while now and it's
internal wireless).
I've been using a Linksys WRT54G wireless point with WPA on XP and it worked
fine. However, I can't get it to work under Vista. If I disable all security
(broadcast SSID and no encryption), it works, but add even the lightest
security and it won't connect. The "connect to a network" wizard works fine -
it even detects if I got the SSID and key right, but when it comes time to
actually connect, it fails and offers to "repair" the connection (does
nothing).
I would chalk this up to a driver problem, but the fact that it works until
Vista gets involved with security makes me wonder if it's a Windows issue.
Any thoughts/advice? Thanks in advance.