Connecting to a secure wireless network?

Question

My connection was unsecure, but then a password was put onto it, it will not let me connect. I know the password, but when the screen comes up with two lines for passwords and says

"The network ".." requires a network key (also called aWEP). A netwrok key helps prevent..etc.."

I type in the correct password and RIGHT AWAY it pops up as:

"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."

As I said this pops up RIGHT after I hit 'connect', as if it does not even try to use the password.
I heard this could be because I cannot update my version of windows because it is a pirated copy or something.. not sure.

Am I screwed? --- Will i be able to connect?

Answer 1

You addressed part of security.



You must match the encryption type (e.g. WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc) selected in the router on the pc config. If you have a preshared key (sometimes called PSK or TKIP or password) which some encryption mandates, you must enter this on both the router and the pc config.



Finally, if you invoked MAC address verification on the router, you MUST list the MAC address of the wireless port of the pc in the MAC address listing of the router. You should invoke MAC address verification by the way.



Take your time to think this through. You set up a set of "configuration rules" (encryption type, preshare key, etc) on the wireless access point, telling it to only talk to devices that match the configuration rules. This means that to communicate with the wireless access point, the pc must also be configured to match the wireless access point's configuration rules. If even one of the rules does not match, the configuration will fail.



Do not rush through this; rather think your way through it and you will succeed having a secure network and you will have learned how this unit works.

Answer 2

login to your router and copy the key....





When you configure the password.... (a word or [phase) the router builds a hash key from it..... an encrypted string.... (ex : 45kjlwjrlkj34l;jke;ltjk4l5j3ljdfg845-fudsfjsdpfjas)



typing in the word or phrase on the connection wizard will not help you....



reset the router.... there is a button on the back of the router.... hold it down until the lights on the front flash and then reboot the router...



then you willl have to reconfig it.... once reset you can config it....



make sure you use WPA2 or WPA instead of WEP. They are more secure and harder to break.....



note what you set on the router, you will need this info with connected to the router after you secure it.

Answer 3

i guess a pirated copy could do it. i wouldn't know, i had to pay for mine. but i've heard M$ is doing wierd things to get people to pay for their products. usually there's 2 other things that can go wrong at that prompt 1) you could just be entering the wrong password, try doublechecking the password or reset it to something else. or 2) the computer is just being retarded, when ever i set my wireless WEP up i can be typing it in exactly, or copy and paste it right from the router, and it still won't take it. after 110 tries i will be convinced that my computer can't do WEP then it takes it and works fine....

Answer 4

lol stop stealing bandwidth out of your neighbours! erm you will might desire to enter the main suitable suited wep or wpa key earlier connecting. i won't have the capacity to truly allow you to simply by fact it relies upon on the applying you utilize.