Cisco Aironet 340...No internet with WEP enabled.

[777php]

I have a Cisco Aironet 340 base station with a Silver ORINOCO PCMCIA NIC and a Cisco 340 NIC...and whenever I enable WEP I cannot connect to the internet. Whenever I disable WEP I can get a connection just fine. I'm using Win XP and I've tried configuring it through the Win XP wireless setup but with the same results. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[ktwebb]

When you say you cant connect to the internet. Is that the only connectivity issues you have? In other words, do you have local connectivity but you only lose the internet? That would be very peculiar. If you lose all connections, local and WAN side, are you setting the WEP key on the client cards? Are you using the Aironet client utility to set the key on the client card or using the driver software? Your post is a little short on info.

 

[777php]

I lose all connectivity.

I've used the bscu to set the wep on the base station and then I've set the WEP on the cards themselves.

I've used both the ACU and WinXP's wireless configurations to set the WEP for the cisco card and just WinXP's config for the ORINOCO card.

 

[ktwebb]

I use 340's and 350 everyday, but unfortunately I have never used the home consumer products (The Base Station) or the BCSU. One thing you might try, upgrade the firmware if you havent recently. Current for the BS is 8.52. Default the base station as well. DOes the Base Station have a serial (DB9) interface or do you use the GUI (WEb Browser) exclusively? SOunds like the WEP key on the client cards is not setting correctly. Personally, I wouldnt use Windows anything when it comes to setting up a wireless device, especially a new OS feature but thats me. Set the WEP key manually on the client cards. See what happens after firmware upgrade and defaulting the Base Station.

 

[777php]

No DB9 Interface....as of now I am connecting to it through my wireless NIC via the BSCU.



<< One thing you might try, upgrade the firmware if you havent recently >>



Ok will do.

 

[cchan]

I'm using a Cisco Aironet 350 card and I use the Cisco ACU (version 4.15) to manage the card/connections/WEP keys. I used to use the wireless management feature built into WinXP but my connection would drop every few minutes for a few seconds. It hasn't happened since I switched back to the Cisco ACU.

You might want to double check the WEP keys in the Cisco CEM as well, since the utility doesn't actually show you what you typed in.

 

[ScottMac]

Also, on the client side,make sure you are using the correct "base:" if you are entering numbers like "00 20 5c e5 d6..." then MAKE SURE the client is NOT set to ASCII...it should be "Hex digits" (or whatever)...NOT ASCII. Also make sure you are setting the right keys. The ORinoco Silver is only a 40 bit card, the 340 can do 128...that means you would have to enter TWO keys on the Aironet base (one for 40 bit, one for the 128). The keys are case sensitive (if you're using ASCII keys).

(for those that haven't seen it: the XP wireless client lets you enter the keys as ASCII or Hex, 40 or 128 bit, the Orinoco cards & setup want to use ASCII real bad...they show five numbers, but it's really five ASCII charactors that happen to represent numbers).

FWIW

Scott

 

[Dctm]

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[777php]

<< that means you would have to enter TWO keys on the Aironet base (one for 40 bit, one for the 128). >>



Oh I did not know that....interesting....good to know. Thanks.