connecting to my WPA network?

[pyrodog783]

How do I connect to my WPA secured network with my wireless pci card? when I click connect it says:

*Windows is unable to connect to the selected network. The network may no longer be in range. please refresh the list of avalible networks, and try to connect again*

 

[Elbatrop1]

Are you certain that you are connecting to the correct wireless router?

Also, did you connect to your router before WPA was enabled to test the connection?

 

[kfc469]

are you sure that you are actually in range?

 

[pyrodog783]

yep, the routers one room over and it did work before we got WPA and when we had WPA. I formated my hdd and thats why Im doing this now. cuz i lost all the network settings.


*also I used a ethernet cord and the internet works... so its not the router

 

[shortstop20]

Not neccesarily. WPA encryption isn't on the wired connection, only the wireless. Check to make sure all of your settings on your workstation match the settings on the router.

 

[Nick]

is ypur adaptor WPA compatible, many of the adpators around £20 are only WEP
compatible

 

[pyrodog783]

yes because it was working before..

 

[Nick]

ok then

 

[pyrodog783]

I have run into a problem.. in wirless network properties on the association tab, im sapposed to set the network authentication to WPA-PSK and the data encryption to TKIP but on my other PC it only has options: open or shared for network authentication and WEP or Disabled for data encryption...