Zyxel P-330W incorrectly detects my wireless net as WEP vs. WPA

[Slikkster]

I just got a Zyxel P-330W "Internet Sharing Router" as it's called. The idea is to use it as a wireless bridge. The setup went fine except when it comes to the "Wireless Site Survey", where it scans around for available wireless networks. It sees my wireless network as WEP, when it's most definitely a WPA (non-WPA2) network.

Nothing I have tried has been able to remedy that. Yes, the Zyxel supports connecting in either WPA, WPA2 or WEP mode. Yes, it supports connecting in bridge mode in all of those security configurations.

My main wireless router is the Belkin Pre-N router, F5D8230-4 Version 1002, with latest firmware. The Zyxel is brand new, with firmware 1.6 (latest).

There's nothing odd about Belkin's WPA implementation that I know of. My Dell laptop and Netgear wireless print server both connect fine in WPA mode to the Belkin.

So why is the Zyxel only seeing WEP, when the Belkin is most certainly operating in WPA mode? I also tried setting the Belkin to WPA-2 and no change on the Zyxel.

 

[Slikkster]

NM...seems to be an occasional anomaly with the way other devices see the Belkin router's security. I found another guy who noticed the same thing. But, just configuring SSID and WPA passphrasing on the Zyxel got me into my network fine. It wouldn't have worked if I had to try to choose the network from the Wireless Site Survey. But once I had configured the network ID and WPA info manually, all was good.

 

[spidey07]

I generally don't trust "automagic" detection of anything.

Normally just setting the wireless mode (bridge, client, ap, root bridge, etc), SSID, encryption type and the key is all that is needed to be successful.