Trying to log onto a 'G' network using 'B' card

[joe360]

Hey I have a 'G' network with a WPA encryption. Im having trouble trying to connect with my older 'B' card. I get this error when I try to connect:

"The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network configuration. This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters."

 

[nweaver]

sounds like your old B card only has WEP support. Try updated drivers, otherwise it's a no go for WPA

 

[joe360]

Alright got the updated drivers, it does support WPA. 🙂
However, when I try to connect to the network it just sits there 'waiting for the network'. Under advanced settings of the netowrk, I see that it does have WPA-PSK, but the only encryption type is TKIS (or something like that), and I think my network has AES encryption. Any \way around this?

 

[JackMDS]

I doubt that a 802.11b card supports anything more than simple WPA-PSK.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: joe360
Alright got the updated drivers, it does support WPA. 🙂
However, when I try to connect to the network it just sits there 'waiting for the network'. Under advanced settings of the netowrk, I see that it does have WPA-PSK, but the only encryption type is TKIS (or something like that), and I think my network has AES encryption. Any \way around this?

It means your card doesn't support AES encryption. You will have to change the router to use TKIP. Basically it looks like it doesn't support WPA2. So you'll have to set up the router for WPA-PSK with TKIP encryption. You'll have to change any other clients as well for the new configuration.

 

[Dutchmaster420]

Make sure in the settings of your router its set to accept a mix of wireless B and G