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Re: WPA under VISTA - any idea..?
Posted: 04-10-2006, 11:30 PM
That's where I got confused P

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"Derek R. Flickinger" <DrFlick@ONLINE.InteractiveHomesInc.com> wrote in
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> WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - False security, but better than nothing.
> WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - Secure.
> WPA2 - The best for now.
>
> Note that many wireless devices in the home will not support WPA (or
> WPA2), so one needs to figure out security versus convenience - or use two
> wireless Access Points and limiting the functionality of the WEP-based
> network. A quick overview of the terms is available at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access.
>
> Regards,
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> =D-
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> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>I thought there was:
>>
>> WEP - relatively secure
>> WPA - verrrrryyy secure :-o
>>
>> ?
>>
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>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Your tip refers to WEP - Wireless Equivolency Protocol
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Andre
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>>> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>>I thought it was a wireless networking authentication?
>>>>
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>>>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>I thought WPA means Windows Product Activation, what does it have to do
>>>>>with creating a shortcut to Network on the desktop?
>>>>>
>>>>> You can launch WPA, by clicking Start > Control Panel > System > under
>>>>> Activation > click Change product key
>>>>>
>>>>> This will relaunch the Activation Wizard allowing you to change your
>>>>> product key and activation Windows again.
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>>>>> Andre
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>>>>> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>>>> Try this - get your old style settings view and you can do it pretty
>>>>>> much the same as you could in XP:
>>>>>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...xpstylenetwork
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>>>>>> that up!
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>>>>>> "Miroslaw Rusin" <miroslaw.rusin@infoshark.pl> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:OLsk5K7WGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>I need to use WPA - but I can not find how...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Re: WPA under VISTA - any idea..?
Posted: 04-10-2006, 11:44 PM
Ok, this is how WPA works in Windows Vista, depending on what your Wireless
device supports, Windows Vista will default to the strongest available:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/its...w_network.mspx

"Quote:
"Configuration wizard defaults to highest security supported by the wireless
network adapter The Wireless Network Setup Wizard in Windows Server
"Longhorn" and Windows Vista retrieves the security capabilities of the
wireless network adapter and recommends the use of the strongest security
that is supported by the wireless network adapter. For example, if a
wireless network adapter supports both Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), the Wireless Network Setup Wizard will default
to configuring settings for WPA."

So, to access WPA, Click Start > Network > Connect to a Network > click in
the "Show" list box > select Wireless, follow the wizard, it should
automatically detect it though. I don't have Wireless setup, so I can't
fully guide you through the steps:

Here is some more:
The wireless Group Policy settings in Windows Server "Longhorn" and Windows
Vista allow you to configure lists of allowed and denied wireless network
names. With an allow list, you can specify the set of wireless networks by
name (SSID) to which the Windows Server "Longhorn" or Windows Vista wireless
client is allowed to connect. This is useful for network administrators that
want an organization's laptop computer to connect to a specific set of
wireless networks, which might include the organization's wireless network
and wireless Internet service providers. With a deny list, you can specify
the set of wireless networks by name to which the wireless client is not
allowed to connect. This is useful to prevent managed laptop computers from
connecting to other wireless networks that are within range of the
organization's wireless network (such as when an organization occupies a
floor of a building and there are other wireless networks of other
organization on adjoining floors) or to prevent managed laptop computers
from connecting to known unsecured wireless networks.
I hope this helps.
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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I thought there was:
>
> WEP - relatively secure
> WPA - verrrrryyy secure :-o
>
> ?
>
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> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O%234RRaLXGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Your tip refers to WEP - Wireless Equivolency Protocol
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
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>> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:eXmhTgJXGHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>I thought it was a wireless networking authentication?
>>>
>>> --
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>>> cleared
>>> that up!
>>>
>>> --: Original message follows :--
>>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:esjf3EHXGHA.3800@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>I thought WPA means Windows Product Activation, what does it have to do
>>>>with creating a shortcut to Network on the desktop?
>>>>
>>>> You can launch WPA, by clicking Start > Control Panel > System > under
>>>> Activation > click Change product key
>>>>
>>>> This will relaunch the Activation Wizard allowing you to change your
>>>> product key and activation Windows again.
>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> Andre
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>>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>>>
>>>> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:%2316$LD8WGHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Try this - get your old style settings view and you can do it pretty
>>>>> much the same as you could in XP:
>>>>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...xpstylenetwork
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Zack Whittaker
>>>>>> ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>>>>>> MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>>>>>> Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>>>>>> This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>>>>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
>>>>> and not
>>>>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>>>>> cleared
>>>>> that up!
>>>>>
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>>>>> "Miroslaw Rusin" <miroslaw.rusin@infoshark.pl> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OLsk5K7WGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I need to use WPA - but I can not find how...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: WPA under VISTA - any idea..?
Posted: 04-11-2006, 10:26 AM
DRF [Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:19:35 -0400]:
>... or use two wireless
>Access Points and limiting the functionality of the WEP-based network.
That (having both WEP and WPA networks) is like
putting in a screen-door, with the little spring-
clip/hook-to-lock thing, for the back entrance
to a bank vault.

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Re: WPA under VISTA - any idea..?
Posted: 04-11-2006, 12:31 PM
I'm guessing a "little spring-clip/hook-to-lock thing" is something you'd
only find in America?
I'm in the middle of the forest in England - I've never heard of one of
those before hehe.

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> DRF [Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:19:35 -0400]:
> >... or use two wireless
> >Access Points and limiting the functionality of the WEP-based network.
>
> That (having both WEP and WPA networks) is like
> putting in a screen-door, with the little spring-
> clip/hook-to-lock thing, for the back entrance
> to a bank vault.
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Posted: 04-11-2006, 03:40 PM
I'm in the middle of Paris, but I have heard of those: I've seen quite a few
Western movies in my youth <g>
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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news:
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| I'm guessing a "little spring-clip/hook-to-lock thing" is something you'd
| only find in America?
| I'm in the middle of the forest in England - I've never heard of one of
| those before hehe.


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Posted: 04-11-2006, 09:48 PM
If you've ever heard of Robin Hood and/or the Major Oak... I'm in that
village... the same village with the church that Robin Hood and Maid Marian
got "married" in... suuuure P

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"Pierre Szwarc" <pierre_szwarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm in the middle of Paris, but I have heard of those: I've seen quite a
> few
> Western movies in my youth <g>
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> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news:
> OkGj6tVXGHA.1476@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> | I'm guessing a "little spring-clip/hook-to-lock thing" is something
> you'd
> | only find in America?
> | I'm in the middle of the forest in England - I've never heard of one of
> | those before hehe.
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Of *course* I've heard of Robin Hood! I've seen the movie with Basil
Rathbone as villainous Prince John (and also Danny Kaye's parody, "the court
jester")<bg>
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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news:
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| If you've ever heard of Robin Hood and/or the Major Oak... I'm in that
| village... the same village with the church that Robin Hood and Maid
Marian
| got "married" in... suuuure P


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Posted: 04-12-2006, 09:40 AM
) My village P

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"Pierre Szwarc" <pierre_szwarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Of *course* I've heard of Robin Hood! I've seen the movie with Basil
> Rathbone as villainous Prince John (and also Danny Kaye's parody, "the
> court
> jester")<bg>
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>
> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news:
> %23ZNQKlaXGHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> | If you've ever heard of Robin Hood and/or the Major Oak... I'm in that
> | village... the same village with the church that Robin Hood and Maid
> Marian
> | got "married" in... suuuure P
>
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Re: WPA under VISTA - any idea..?
Posted: 04-19-2006, 03:49 AM
This help?

http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/jo...01/18/478.aspx

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