Keep having to re-enter WEP Key in XP Home Edition

12 Oct 2006 8:01 PM

kjfrey55

My wireless network adapter keeps losing the WEP key that I've entered for my
wireless router. The router is a Belkin 802.11g router F5d7230-4. This has
happend on both wireless adapters I've tried it with in this machine. The
first was a D-Link (don't recall the model) and the other is an Airlink
802.11g USB XR adapter model AWLL5025. (Shows up in properties as a RT73 USB
Wireless LAN Card.)

For both I tried updating the drivers and even with the latest ones it still
happened. I have another computer that has a wireless connection to this
router and it has never had this problem. (It's an XP Pro edition if that
makes any difference.)

Running virus scan now. Help would be appreciated. I've always found very
good advice in these newsgroups.

Ken

12 Oct 2006 9:42 PM

Chuck

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:01:02 -0700, kjfrey55
<kjfre***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>My wireless network adapter keeps losing the WEP key that I've entered for my
>wireless router. The router is a Belkin 802.11g router F5d7230-4. This has
>happend on both wireless adapters I've tried it with in this machine. The
>first was a D-Link (don't recall the model) and the other is an Airlink
>802.11g USB XR adapter model AWLL5025. (Shows up in properties as a RT73 USB
>Wireless LAN Card.)
>
>For both I tried updating the drivers and even with the latest ones it still
>happened. I have another computer that has a wireless connection to this
>router and it has never had this problem. (It's an XP Pro edition if that
>makes any difference.)
>
>Running virus scan now. Help would be appreciated. I've always found very
>good advice in these newsgroups.
>
>Ken

Ken,

What WiFi client manager are you using? Windows (WZC?), the laptop vendor, or
the ones that come with the adapters? Make sure that you only run one. And be
sure that's up to date too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/stabilise-your-wifi-use-only-one-wifi.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/stabilise-your-wifi-use-only-one-wifi.html

I've also heard that the Microsoft WPA2 / WPS IE update may be useful, in cases
like yours.
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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actual address pchuck mvps org.

17 Oct 2006 11:12 PM

SchoolTech

kjfrey55 wrote:

> My wireless network adapter keeps losing the WEP key that I've entered for my
> wireless router. The router is a Belkin 802.11g router F5d7230-4. This has
> happend on both wireless adapters I've tried it with in this machine. The
> first was a D-Link (don't recall the model) and the other is an Airlink
> 802.11g USB XR adapter model AWLL5025. (Shows up in properties as a RT73 USB
> Wireless LAN Card.)

(BTW, WEP is not very secure. If WPA is available you should consider
usig that instead)