Vista - Re: WPA2 Enterprise authentication not working

So far no luck finding Atheros chipset. Why do you recommend Atheros? Is it
because they're virtually the only ones who do wireless right?

My laptop only has USB and PCI Express, and at work we don't have any such
wireless adapters.

There is supposedly a page on the Atheros web site that lists adapters that
use their chipsets. Unfortunately this page is either 404 or bad database
connection.

Of course when you go to individual manufacturers web sites, they are loath
to reveal when they use Atheros. And then there's the problem that even if
card x.y.z uses Atherors in version 2, it might not use it in version 2.1.

There are 3rd party lists of wireless that use Atheros, but some that I've
found are too old to be useful.

I know this reply is not terribly useful, I'm mostly just venting
frustration. Still, someone else may read this and glean knowledge.

I'll continue testing other adapters, and maybe try to engage Dell again.
It's tough with them, because they can't help me when I'm connected at home,
using WPA Personal, and they can't help me when I'm not connected at work
because WPA2 Enterprise doesn't work. We're not allowed to plugin to a wired
network here.

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Glenn Nelson in Santa Cruz


"Barb Bowman" wrote:

Reading this thread:
http://text.broadbandreports.com/for...ernamepassword

and in particular the comment that there was no issue with the same
laptop with the Intel chipset, perhaps your IT folks have the 1505
with an Intel WiFi chip they can try?

I recommended Atheros because it is NOT Broadcom and I have not seen
any complaints about WPA2-Enterprise and Atheros.

PCI Express/Express Card - this one is definitely Atheros (I have
this card) http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=550

But I don't have an Enterprise network to test it with..

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:01:02 -0800, Glenn Nelson
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

After one week, Atheros FINALLY fixed their broken page - the one that was
supposed to display a list of products known to use Atheros chipset. Being
that I'm restricted to USB or PCI Express, I chose Netgear WPN111 - USB
adapter.
Installed, attempted to conenct, it says "We don't support WPA/WPA2 RADIUS
Security(802.1x)".

So that's it. Do you have any idea where to go from here? I'm still trying
to find out if this is Dell's fault or Microsoft. The direction I get from
your responses is that Dell is to blame for using the Broadcom chipset in the
1390 adapter.
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Glenn Nelson in Santa Cruz


"Barb Bowman" wrote:

As I said, I can't tell you from personal experience as I don't have
access to an Enterprise based wireless network. However,
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=384 states "For accessing secure
networks, this Wireless USB Adapter supports both WPA-Personal and
WPA-Enterprise" and it is certified for Vista:

http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/Pro...v.B%29&oid=410

I reported what I found with other users of the Dell\Broadcom NIC.

Your laptop does not have a pccard slot??? Which Dell laptop do you
have?





On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:56:01 -0800, Glenn Nelson
<GlennNelson@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I am thrilled - no, ECSTATIC - to report success.
Dell sent me Intel 3945ABG to replace the Dell 1390 (Broadcomm). This would
not work with original drivers (dated 6/21/2006, version 11.1.1.20). I
downloaded new drivers from Dell (R171132, dated 9/26/2007, version
11.5.0.32); the readme even mentions known issues with Proxim access points
(which we have here).

To get to this happy day, I had many annoying phone calls with Dell, and
much helpful advice from Barb Bowman.

My last interaction with Dell was nearly 2 hours. 1 hour with an arrogant
woman who insisted that I must get the network key from my sys admin; WPA2
Enterprise apparently does not have a fixed network key, it generates one for
each connection, so I could not oblige her, and she never believed me. When I
asked to talk to someone else, she told me that she was considered the best
technician there, so I would be wasting my time. The next hour with new
technician was a rehash and then mostly bureaucracy; in the first 5 minutes
she was convinced that I had already done more to solve this problem than she
could recommend; then we talked about what to do and ran hardware diagnostics
(just in case there was something else to be fixed); she agreed to send me
Intel 3945ABG and it arrived the next day.

Oh happy day.
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Glenn Nelson in Santa Cruz


"Barb Bowman" wrote:

And I am happy for YOU! thanks for the update.

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:41:09 -0800, Glenn Nelson
<GlennNelson@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/