Re: WPA Patch for Windows XP with Service Pack 2
- From: "Non-Offensive, Professional Sounding Name" <a@xxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:36:44 -0500
"Kerri" <Kerri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am looking for the WPA patch for Windows XP with SP 2. I have bought a
> wireless router and have been told that I need this patch for it to work.
I
> found a patch but when I tried to download it, received a message that the
> patch was for Service Pack 1.
You should be able to use your wireless router with no encryption without
that patch.
Security without encryption is not very good, but there are some options.
You can always run your router without broadcasting the SSID(?), turn on MAC
address filtering, and keep the power output low so your neighbors' PCs
can't detect any wireless signals.
I don't know if your router will work using WEP (not as good as WPA)
encryption without the patch.
Please don't expect the wireless connection using WPA encryption to work at
all, much less for several hours, without the patch. At least, that was my
experience with a Linksys router.
Let us know what kind of router you have and what the results are.
.
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- WPA Patch for Windows XP with Service Pack 2
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