Microsoft released an update to enhance Windows XP support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) options in Wireless Group Policy (WGP), and to help prevent the Windows wireless client from advertising the wireless networks in its preferred networks list. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless Have loaded KB893357 on my XP SP2 laptop with a D-Link DWL-G650+ card (which is WPA2 enterprise certified) but I have not got the option of WPA2 within the wireless network settings and the registry entries from the KB article are not present either.
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So I have an old(ish) windows laptop running XP SP2. I have a new Apple AirPort Wireless Router, using WPA2 security. I knew that XP SP2 did not have WPA2 support on it, so I got the download from a friend who had a WiFi connection. I installed said update on my laptop, and, lo and behold, jack squat changed. My computer still gives me error messages because my password is the wrong length (which is clearly isn't) and doesn't give me the option for WPA2 security when I go to network setup. So why didn't the update do anything? Am I stuck using my MacBook for all online needs? I really want the internet to work on my other laptop because I have some games I wish to play online. Anyway, do I need to install the router drivers to my laptop somehow? How do I do this?
System: Windows XP Service Pack 2, HP Pavillion ZE5300.
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Microsoft says this about the KB893357 patch.
'In order to take advantage of WPA2, users will also need a wireless
LAN that includes the new standard and a Wi-Fi network adapter with the
processing power to handle AES encryption, Athwal says.
Many of the wireless LAN access points and client adapters being sold
today can use WPA2 and come with add-on software for client devices.'
So the question is, which adapters have the 'processing power'? Most
if not all adapters on the shelf say they support WPA security. But
that isn't true if one is looking for AES support. I installed this
patch and then installed the Netgear WG511v2 PCMCIA adapter and the
best I could get was TKIP while my router WRT54Gv3 supports both TKIP
and AES.
So what is the change this patch suppose to bring? Is it to replace
WPA drivers shipped with WPA capable cards?
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