Windows XP does not list WPA wireless networks
What can be the reason that Windows XP does not show WPA-encrypted wireless networks?
The laptop I have problems with is an older model (Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100) with Windows XP SP3 on it, fresh install.
The wireless network card in it is an Agere product that ...
Is every WPA2 connection to a WiFi router encrypted by itself?
I'm wondering if I Alice and Bob are both connected to a WiFi router through a WPA2 secured connection, will Alice be able to sniff the traffic of Bob and vice versa? Or does every user has his own encrypted connection with the WiFi router, since it says "pre-shared key".
How is i...
If I have WPA encryption on my WiFi network but don't change the default admin username/password to the router, can someone gain access to my network?
Hi All,
I've set up WPA encryption on my WiFi network with a passphrase. This passphrase is visible in plain text when I connect to my router at http://192.168.1.1. But if someone doesn't know this passphrase, he shouldn't be able to get onto my...
Unexplained Log Cruft and Possible Dropped Packets on WPA2-Personal LAN
I've been receiving a LOT of log cruft ever since I installed my WUSB100V2 (using the rt2870sta community driver from the Linux kernel) and was wondering what it all meant.
Many times when these messages occur it is accompanied by slow network speeds and many DNS queries and outgo...
No Field for Pre Shared Key in Group Policy
I am attempting to configure group polocy (Windows 2008 R2) to issues a WPA Pre shared Key on client login.
Through Group Policy I can setup WPA and select PSK (Along with TKIP)
But there's not field to enter my Pre Shared Key!
Any help would be appricait...
Local access only to router when encryption enabled
I have a Wireless Huawei HG520b Router and a Toshiba Satellite laptop. They can connect fine via ethernet, and the router has a connection to the internet no problem.
But if I try to connect the laptop to the router wirelessly it can only get a connection to the router, not though...
Can other people on an encrypted Wi-Fi AP see what you're doing?
If you connect to an open, unencrypted Wi-Fi access point, everything you do can be captured by other people within range.
If you connect to an encrypted point, then people nearby can intercept what you're doing, but can't decrypt it. The person who runs the access point can inte...
Is there an alternative open source software for connecting to wireless networks for WinXP?
Is there an alternative open source software for connecting to wireless networks, other than the one built into windows xp?
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Connect wired-only devices to a remote wireless access point?
Hi everyone.
In building A, I have a Netgear wireless access point using WPA2. Works great, no problems.
In building B, I have some devices that only have wired Ethernet ports. They can't see my access point.
What I need is a gizmo that connects ove...
NetworkManager will not allow me to select WPA
Hi
I have a fresh install of Crunchbang (basically Ubuntu with Openbox instead of Gnome). In any case, I can't connect to my WPA network - when I click on it in the nm-applet and it asks me to authenticate my only options are:
WEP 10/128-bit key
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Statistics comparing WEP/WPA usage on networks?
Are there any statistics comparing the percentage of networks using varying security protocols? For example, comparing how many users are using WEP over WPA.
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Again WPA Connection problem even after changed to latest version ..please help
I am using hostapd, wireless tools with madwifi for my wireless ap in my board.
The WEP, WPA-PSK connections and communications between my board with linux and my desktop PC, Windows XP SP2 (with Olitec USB wireless) are fine.
But when I configured the WPA type, the connection...
wpa_supplicant fails to authenticate
I am using wicd on ArchLinux to connect my laptop. The laptop uses the wireless driver iwlagn to connect. Recently, my connection to my college's wireless has been having issues. I have no problem connecting to other networks, even those of similar types(WPA2 at home). The connection is WPA2 ente...
Monitor Network Traffic on WPA
I know the password to the network. All I want to do is see what is going on. I don't care if it's encrypted. How do I do this? Help!
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Why does encryption not destroy the way networks work?
I've a very basic understanding of how encryption works.
My knowledge insofar is that of CCNA discovery level on the CISCO ...
How secure is it to use a password hash of a common English word as a WPA2 key?
I have a wireless router, and I want a difficult password that is still, in a way, easy to remember.
I came up with this idea to take the MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or whatever hash of a common English word, such as "superuser" and use the hash as the WPA2 key.
For examp...
How Wifis and wifi security work?
I see tons of videos dealing with WEP cracking, but actaully none of them teach about how Wifis work. They are just a bunch of commands thrown at the screen. Where can I learn about the inner mechanics of wifis? Can you recommend a website or a book?
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