Vista - "Security network key incorrect".....but it's not

I am having some serious problems connecting to my wireless router.

I have wpa-personal security and I bring my laptop from my work to home. The
problem is everytime I bring it home it takes AT LEAST 20 times to connect to
my wireless router. Everytime it comes back "your security key is incorrect",
but it is NOT.

I am also not mistaking my network for another.

However if I boot up the laptop and let it sit by itself for about 30
minutes, it will just connect fine.

I have 2 other laptops that connect fine to the router with no problems.

Device info
Router: SMC Draft 11n Wireless 4-port SMCWBR14-N

Wireless card: Broadcom 802.11n (driver version 4.82.28.56)



I am thinking that Vista is sending the network key in a different version
or something that makes my router hesitate???

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks

I als know this isn't only happening to me. This came from my google search.
Exactly the same thing.

http://forum.soft32.com/windows/Secu...ict341671.html

can you try WPA2-Personal?
what do you see in the event log?
please post the text output of ipconfig /all

http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...t-text-output/

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:53:01 -0800, kelly
<kelly@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I have tried wpa-personal, wpa2-personal, wpa-enterprise, and
wpa2-enterprise. It seems not to matter I still get the network key incorrect
multiple times before it will finally accept it.

I totally forgot about the log! This is what I get over and over

[INFO] Mon Nov 19 23:31:54 2007 Wireless system with MAC address
001E52829XXX associated
[INFO] Mon Nov 19 23:31:33 2007 Wireless system with MAC address
001E52829XXX disconnected for reason: Received Deauthentication.

The it finally says


[INFO] Mon Nov 19 23:31:59 2007 Lease 192.168.2.186 renewed by client
001E52829XXX
[INFO] Mon Nov 19 23:31:59 2007 Assigned new lease 192.168.2.186 to client
001E52829XXX


Heres what my ipconfig says


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\LayoutDesign>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Design
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit
Ether
net Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-63-BC-9B-20
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-52-82-9A-F8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6819:a26b:df09:681e%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.186(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:02:32 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:02:32 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 134225490
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.2.186%14(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{3BA3D20B-EAB5-427D-AEC6-401165343
4B5}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\LayoutDesign>ipconfig /all

first, don't use enterprise modes. only personal. I'd recommend
wpa2-personal. set up the router that way. I don't know what
settings the router offers but make sure it is set for b/g/n mixed
mode.

next, unbind IPv6 from the wireless NIC.
see
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/

do things improve for you?



On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:24:01 -0800, kelly
<kelly@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Thanks for the info. I will try this when I get home tonight.
Also I use WPA2 personal anyway I just tried all the others to see if it
would make a difference.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

No Luck. Disabling IPv6 does nothing. It still took about 10-15 tries to
connect. I keep getting that "received deauthentication" notice on the log
whatever that means....

Anything else I could try???

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

I'd make sure you have the latest firmware for the router, and then
reset to factory defaults. Change the channel from the default and
specify a new SSID. Use WPA2 and be sure to broadcast the SSID.

Does this make a difference?

According to the SMC web site this is only a draft 1.0 N router.
there could be a compatibility issue between the router and the
Broadcom wireless radio.

does this laptop connect to other wireless networks without
difficulty?

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:32:01 -0800, kelly
<kelly@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I reset and same problem. It also connects fine with my wireless network at
work.

The main frustration is that if I leave it alone after I boot up for about
a half an hour it will be connected fine. Apparently it just needs about that
long to figure it out.

So frustrating...

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

you might want to consider replacing this router.

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:49:20 -0800, kelly
<kelly@xxxxxx> wrote:
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Great, I just bought it a couple months ago.

Thanks for the help.

"Barb Bowman" wrote: