Vista WPA and Linksys WPA appear not to be compatible

>I have a problem with my WPA-Enterprise configuration using Windows
>2003/PKI/RADIUS/Active Directory infrastructure. I am using the Linksys
>WAP, which appears to by common amongst all the people having problems (WAP
>and Router from Linksys have same wireless functionality).
>
> My tcpdump logs show successful acceptance of authetication via udp port
> 1812 communications between the WAP and the Windows 2003 RADIUS server,
> but the Windows box continues to loop in a "attempting to autheticate"
> mode. Many successful "Access Accepted" entries are found in the event log
> of the Windows 2003 RADIUS server.
>
> It would appear that the WPA encryption schemes in the Linksys and Vista
> are incompatible. This machine was a Windows XP SP2 and worked fine
> before the upgrade to Vista, and all other Windows XP SP2 machines which
> use this WAP authenticate just fine.
>
>
> --
> Edward Ray
> CCIE Security, CISSP, GCIA Gold, GCIH Gold, MCSE+Security, PE
>

> Ooops,
> Hit the return key by mistake.
> Anyhow; it's not Vista now. Look at your hardware. Running Vista;xp;
> Linksys WPA2 Enterprise;
> Not that you were incorrect before, Vista's stack wasn't altogether
> till recently. And with your knowledge;you well know that the network
> stack is difficult to tune.
> Running WPA; WPA2; WPA2 Enterprise, Vista; automatic key rotation(at
> ANY interval);manual; automatic channel selection; manual; and MAC
> filtering to boot. NOT ONE SINGLE DROP.
> Hardware; it seems may be your problem. Not Vista, Look at your exact
> Linksys model; get all the firmware updates
> Linksys; Vista; WPA WPA2 and MAC filttering; working fine; here.
>
> Jeff
> No accredidation needed-lol
>
> "Edward Ray" <ewray@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:E47372CB-8952-4848-B720-05797FCBFEE5@microsoft.com...

>>I have a problem with my WPA-Enterprise configuration using Windows
>>2003/PKI/RADIUS/Active Directory infrastructure. I am using the Linksys
>>WAP, which appears to by common amongst all the people having problems
>>(WAP and Router from Linksys have same wireless functionality).
>>
>> My tcpdump logs show successful acceptance of authetication via udp port
>> 1812 communications between the WAP and the Windows 2003 RADIUS server,
>> but the Windows box continues to loop in a "attempting to autheticate"
>> mode. Many successful "Access Accepted" entries are found in the event
>> log of the Windows 2003 RADIUS server.
>>
>> It would appear that the WPA encryption schemes in the Linksys and Vista
>> are incompatible. This machine was a Windows XP SP2 and worked fine
>> before the upgrade to Vista, and all other Windows XP SP2 machines which
>> use this WAP authenticate just fine.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Edward Ray
>> CCIE Security, CISSP, GCIA Gold, GCIH Gold, MCSE+Security, PE
>>

>

> Ed,
> Ya know i'm just jazzin ya bout your initials
> relax a bit. LOL
> Seriously; sounds like it's your linksys, cuz it's definitely not WPA or
> Vista.
> I myself have a bit of knowledge about this;and trust me, I tryed every
> combination I could think of; and looked extensively at this.
> It's not Vista; anymore. LOL
> Running Vista and XP and encryption; fine here.
> Jeff
>
> "Jeff" <scervesiae@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23cij7on4GHA.3960@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Ooops,
>> Hit the return key by mistake.
>> Anyhow; it's not Vista now. Look at your hardware. Running Vista;xp;
>> Linksys WPA2 Enterprise;
>> Not that you were incorrect before, Vista's stack wasn't altogether
>> till recently. And with your knowledge;you well know that the network
>> stack is difficult to tune.
>> Running WPA; WPA2; WPA2 Enterprise, Vista; automatic key rotation(at
>> ANY interval);manual; automatic channel selection; manual; and MAC
>> filtering to boot. NOT ONE SINGLE DROP.
>> Hardware; it seems may be your problem. Not Vista, Look at your exact
>> Linksys model; get all the firmware updates
>> Linksys; Vista; WPA WPA2 and MAC filttering; working fine; here.
>>
>> Jeff
>> No accredidation needed-lol
>>
>> "Edward Ray" <ewray@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:E47372CB-8952-4848-B720-05797FCBFEE5@microsoft.com...

>>>I have a problem with my WPA-Enterprise configuration using Windows
>>>2003/PKI/RADIUS/Active Directory infrastructure. I am using the Linksys
>>>WAP, which appears to by common amongst all the people having problems
>>>(WAP and Router from Linksys have same wireless functionality).
>>>
>>> My tcpdump logs show successful acceptance of authetication via udp port
>>> 1812 communications between the WAP and the Windows 2003 RADIUS server,
>>> but the Windows box continues to loop in a "attempting to autheticate"
>>> mode. Many successful "Access Accepted" entries are found in the event
>>> log of the Windows 2003 RADIUS server.
>>>
>>> It would appear that the WPA encryption schemes in the Linksys and Vista
>>> are incompatible. This machine was a Windows XP SP2 and worked fine
>>> before the upgrade to Vista, and all other Windows XP SP2 machines which
>>> use this WAP authenticate just fine.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Edward Ray
>>> CCIE Security, CISSP, GCIA Gold, GCIH Gold, MCSE+Security, PE
>>>

>>

>

> Ooops,
> Hit the return key by mistake.
> Anyhow; it's not Vista now. Look at your hardware. Running Vista;xp;
> Linksys WPA2 Enterprise;
> Not that you were incorrect before, Vista's stack wasn't altogether
> till recently. And with your knowledge;you well know that the network
> stack is difficult to tune.
> Running WPA; WPA2; WPA2 Enterprise, Vista; automatic key rotation(at
> ANY interval);manual; automatic channel selection; manual; and MAC
> filtering to boot. NOT ONE SINGLE DROP.
> Hardware; it seems may be your problem. Not Vista, Look at your exact
> Linksys model; get all the firmware updates
> Linksys; Vista; WPA WPA2 and MAC filttering; working fine; here.
>

>
> "Jeff" <scervesiae@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23cij7on4GHA.3960@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Ooops,
>> Hit the return key by mistake.
>> Anyhow; it's not Vista now. Look at your hardware. Running Vista;xp;
>> Linksys WPA2 Enterprise;
>> Not that you were incorrect before, Vista's stack wasn't altogether
>> till recently. And with your knowledge;you well know that the network
>> stack is difficult to tune.
>> Running WPA; WPA2; WPA2 Enterprise, Vista; automatic key rotation(at
>> ANY interval);manual; automatic channel selection; manual; and MAC
>> filtering to boot. NOT ONE SINGLE DROP.
>> Hardware; it seems may be your problem. Not Vista, Look at your exact
>> Linksys model; get all the firmware updates
>> Linksys; Vista; WPA WPA2 and MAC filttering; working fine; here.
>>

> My Linksys WAP54G is running the latest firmware rev 3.04; noe WPA2 just
> WPA

> Ed,
> Can't address the WAP54G;because I'm running a WRT54GX2; but; from this
> model; running any and all encryption;with no problems.
> This includes WEP;WPA*,WPA2*(*including TKIP;AES);not to mention MAC
> filtering;and running Vista;and XP on the same network.
> No problems at all.
> So you can rule out Vista; and at least 1 Linksys model;as the problem.
> Jeff

>
> "Jeff" <scervesiae@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uLAZbDq4GHA.2264@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Ed,
>> Can't address the WAP54G;because I'm running a WRT54GX2; but; from
>> this model; running any and all encryption;with no problems.
>> This includes WEP;WPA*,WPA2*(*including TKIP;AES);not to mention MAC
>> filtering;and running Vista;and XP on the same network.
>> No problems at all.
>> So you can rule out Vista; and at least 1 Linksys model;as the
>> problem.
>> Jeff

> All of my Windows XP SP2 machines can link to the same Linksys WAP using
> the same credentials. No, I still think this is a Vista issue. The WAP
> is sending authetication request (presumably from the Vista box) to the
> RADIUS Server (and Windows 2003 R2 Domain Controller). The RADIUS server
> sends back "Access Accept" messages to the WAP, bu they are apparently not
> reveived by the Vista machine as it continues to send Access Request to
> the RADIUS server via the Linksys WAP.

> Ed,
> Not a Vista WPA encryption issue, if it was; I wouldn't be able to run
> WPA with my linksys
> Which I can, so I'm thinking it's your Linksys
>
> Jeff