From: "Andy Willis" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:14:33 -0700
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Issues with WPA
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Chris Clayton wrote:
> I have not been able to get WPA to work between my TP T41 internal wifi
> and an Actiontec DSL gateway.  WEP is working without problems.
> 
> Genmac 2.00 & XWLAN 3.00 installed without issues and the correct
> driver for the Intel 2100 miniPCI card is loaded.
> 
> I copied the profile for WEP to another WPA profile and changed the
> security settings only  to 'WiFi Protected Access (WPA2-PSK)' and
> entered a preshared key.  I then changed the DLS gateway to WPA with
> the same key.  When I try to activate the WPA profile I usually get an
> icon with red bars indicating that it is connected but out of range. 
> The T41 is 2 feet from the DSL gateway.  Occasionally I get an icon
> with green bars indicating a strong signal.  In either case, I cannot
> communicate over wifi with WPA enabled even though the routing and IP
> addresses are correctly assigned.
> 
> I did try 'WiFi Protected Access (WPA-PSK)'  but just got a 'searching
> for connection' icon.
> 
> Other issues:
> 1)  I am occasionally getting a trap e when trying to activate the WPA
> profiles.  This may or may not be related to the fact that I have
> Object Desktop installed as, once, the system trapped when I opened the
> Tab Launchbar with the WEP profile active.
> 
> 2) I still need to use a script when switching between a wifi and a
> wired connection.  This is because when using the method described in
> the manual, the configuration for lan0(1) are not completely deleted
> when switching to lan1(0)
> 
> 3) Netbios over TCP/IP does not start is I follow the instructions for
> configuring setup.cmd for networks that switch between a wifi and wired
> connection.  The instructions state that the wifi lan configuration
> should not be in setup.cmd, rather left to XWLAN.  I have found that I
> need both LAN0 (wifi) and LAN1 (wired) configured.  I put in a 'dummy'
> ip address for LAN1, so that both subnets are present when the system
> starts.  This may be needed because, in config.sys, a tcpbeui protocol
> is run after the call to run setup.cmd:
> 
> CALL=E:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C E:\MPTN\BIN\MPTSTART.CMD >NUL
> RUN=E:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NBTCP.EXE
> 
> Note:  once the system is running, then lan0(1) can be deleted when
> switching between lan1(0).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris Clayton
> 
Have you tried connecting via the wpa-supplicant.exe?
I found that I can only way I use xwlan to use wpa is to limit the psk 
to 43 characters though wpa-supplicant allows 63.
Andy