have to reenter network key everytime in order to obtain ip address

[HaxorNubcake]

On my dell 600m laptop with the standard intel Bsomethingsomething wireless card and the intel proset wireless client, I need to reenter the network key in the preferences every time I connect in order to obtain an IP address (after every standby, restart, etc).

The wireless router is the Buffalo HP one, using WPA2 PSK AES.

When I change the network key in the intel proset settings, I see that the key is different than the one that I entered the last time.

My desktop, using the windows client, is able to connect flawlessly every time.

Suggestions please?

Thanks.

 

[spidey07]

Try using latest Intel client. Their client is actually VERY good.

What do you mean by you have to re-enter the key? Did you setup a profile in the client with all the security settings and key for this SSID? Also there is a troubleshooting log that you can look at....it's in the "intel wireless troubleshooter".

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Try using latest Intel client. Their client is actually VERY good.

What do you mean by you have to re-enter the key? Did you setup a profile in the client with all the security settings and key for this SSID? Also there is a troubleshooting log that you can look at....it's in the "intel wireless troubleshooter".

Yeah I love the client...it worked flawlessly up until i flashed the router with dd-wrt and set the security to wpa2-psk only-aes.

I have a profile set up and I have to change the password everytime. The password that I see is not the same as the one I previously entered.

 

[nweaver]

Yeah, hit intel and grab the latest client and see if that changes anything. I've not seen this issue before.

It could be (although it's not very likely) that the DD-WRT is doing odd stuff with beacons and association requests.

 

[HaxorNubcake]

updated to intel's latest version. Still having the same problem 🙁