From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.23]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPA id 1029919 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:56:19 -0400 Message-ID: <4606AD75.2090207@2rosenthals.com> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:12:21 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.9a2pre) Gecko/20070206 MultiZilla/1.8.3.0a SeaMonkey/1.5a MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: WPA Access References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Now that GenMAC has been updated to support the newer BIOS revisions in the T43 and T43p, you might want to flash your firmware and also try upgrading to the latest Intel Win driver in the wrapper directory for GenMAC (helps with dropouts). I do not have a problem getting my hardware to initialize at every boot. On 03/25/07 12:09 pm, Hakan thus wrote : > The SSID was definitely correct since I saw it appear with the network > in the network scan window, I believe the PSK was correct as well but > will have to investigate further next time I am in this location. > > BTW, has there been any fixes for the failure of the wireless to get > initialized each time the machine iis booted? I often have to reboot > the machine to get the hardware wireless icon to light up. More likely > a BIOS problem than an OS/2 problem, of course. > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:44:20 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > > >> Are you sure you had the PSK correct, as well as the SSID? >> >> On 03/24/07 04:49 pm, Hakan thus wrote : >> >>> Sadly I don't know anything about the latest access point I tried to >>> connect to. I tried both WPA and WPA2 without success. Will try again >>> when I have another opportunity end of next month. >>> >>> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:42:17 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Yes, this works for me. What are the parameters at the access point, >>>> insofar as TKIP and/or AES is/are concerned? 99.9% of the time when I >>>> have an issue with WPA (any OS), the problem is with a mismatch between >>>> TKIP + AES, TKIP, or AES. TKIP + AES (as I have pointed out in an >>>> earlier thread) allows for clients to use *either* TKIP *or* AES. The >>>> original WPA spec only allowed for TKIP; WPA2 allows for AES encryption >>>> as well (or instead of). If the AP supports it, I recommend setting it >>>> to TKIP + AES, and then trying one or the other on the client side (WPA >>>> PSK or WPA2 PSK, in XWLAN) to see which one works best. >>>> >>>> On 03/24/07 04:30 pm, Hakan thus wrote : >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have a TP43p with an Intel 2915 a/b/g wireless card. WEP-encrypted >>>>> connections work fine but I have yet to be successful in establishing a >>>>> link with any WPA-enabled access point. I believe my card is a >>>>> 8086:4224 and I am using version 2.0 of the GenMac wrapper. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have this specific combination working? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lewis >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE >>>> Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >>>> Accountants / Network Consultants >>>> New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com >>>> eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com >>>> Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver >>>> Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> >>>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list . >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>>> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to >>>> Send administrative queries to >>>> To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. >>>> Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com >>>> >>>> This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >>>> P.O. 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