Hi
When having an arrangement like yours I usually go with one Brand solution.
In your case choosing a hardware that can handle Vista64 as the base.
There can be slight deviation in the way the variety of OS' and hardware
mange the Wireless connection and the encryption, which results in quirky
behavior.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
"TomekB" <TomekB@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have tried WPA2 and AES on Airlive connection - no result. Edimax uses
> Ralink RT2500 chipset listed as compatible with Vista64, don't know D-Link
> one. May Linksys firmware be an issue? Airlive access point is connected
> to
> this router via cable.
> --
> TomekB
>
>
> "Martin Brown" wrote:
> Quote:
>> On Apr 1, 11:15 am, TomekB <Tom...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote:
>> > I have a problem with connecting Vista 64 Home Premium to wireless
>> > network..
>> > Hardware - tried D-Link DWL-G510 and Edimax 7128 adapters with newest
>> > Vista
>> > drivers
>> > I have 2 wifi networks broadcasted by Linksys WRT54G and Airlive
>> > WP-5460AP
>> > (latest firmware) - different channels set, both with WPA TKIP.
>>
>> WPA-PSK & TKIP seems to be a complete disaster with Vista in
>> combination with certain older routers. I am a bit surprised that the
>> Linksys fails though. See the longer adjacent thread titled WPA-PSK.
>> WPA2 seems to work OK & the much less secure WEP will probably work
>> too.
>> Quote:
>> > Vista connects from time to time to Linksys but either only locally
>> > with no
>> > internet acces or with very poor internet transmission and then
>> > dropping
>> > connection. Connection to Airlive is rejected as wrong passphrase
>> > (although
>> > its correct). With no encryption only local connection to Airlive is
>> > possible. XP computers work with no problems with both devices.
>> > What can be wrong?
>>
>> Vista support of WPA & TKIP encryption is somewhat flakey. My 3com
>> doesn't even get past exchanging the secondary keys. Worth trying AES
>> encryption if you have the option.
>>
>> It would be interesting to know what chipsets used on the failing
>> cards...
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martin Brown
>>