WPA is no-go with Netgear DG834G

[Cheule]

Hi folks

I have four machines at home in total. Three desktops and one laptop. All connect to my DG834G v3 router just fine with wires, wireless is a different story however.

If I choose to use no security, I get no connection. If I choose WPA or WPA-2, I get no connection. If I choose WEP 128, I get a connection!

Which is just fine except I want WPA or better yet, WPA2. My router and WG511 card both support this, not so sure about the Linksys WMP55AG card upstairs though, although the configuration utility that comes with it says yes.

Why is it being such a git? I've lost hours and hours tearing my hair out over this, there's seemingly no logic to it

Any ideas anyone?

[Cheule]

That's the thing - when selecting the WPA radio button, the 64/128 bit setting is ghosted out as the software knows you don't get a choice with WPA. Using 64 or 128 bit WEP is fine though

My neighbour has WPA2 set up on his network, I may have to go round and punch him in the face for being a smug git.

Keep those suggestions coming, in the meantime I'm going to check the firewall. Still, not sure why it would allow WEP and not WPA.

[Cheule]

[quote:6572629479=\"ÈL ® ö B ì Ñ\"]Kk just logged in to mine, make sure you have both of these turned on:

Enable Wireless Access Point
Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID)


Set region to europe

Channel to 11

Mode to g&b


If thats still a no go try messing about with this:

Wireless Station Access List

Good luck m8 :wink:[/quote:6572629479]

Mine is:

Wireless Network
Name (SSID): Rage
Region: Europe
Channel: 6
Mode: g&b

Wireless Access Point
Enable Wireless Access Point: Yes
Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID): Yes
Wireless Isolation: No

Wireless Station Access List

Security Options
Disable
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)
WPA2-PSK(Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 with Pre-Shared Key)
WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK
WPA-802.1x
WPA2-802.1x
WPA-802.1x+WPA2-802.1x

WPA-PSK Security Encryption
Network Key (8 ~ 63 characters)

For the password I simply typed 1 to 0 and back again on the keyboard until I used all 63 characters up. I have used simple 8 character passwords too to no avail.

The MAC filtering is on and the Router allows the laptop to connect under it's MAC address - but only in WEP.

[Barley]

To be honest there's nothing wrong with WEP. The chances of getting a master hacker sitting outside your house with your laptop and enough time to want to get onto your network are rather small

I just use 64bit WEP, which is more than enough to stop people piggy backing off my wireless network.

[Cheule]

I'm right by the City Centre so there are at least four others I've seen in range of me, one's my neighbour, one has an unprotected Linksys (fnarr) and there's a Sky broadband one that appears from time to time

I'm not the least protected one of the bunch, but I'm second from bottom!

I have since discovered that you need to download WPA2 as an add-on from Microsoft, which I have now done. Still doesn't work though.

[Barley]

[quote:700e7008df=\"Cheule\"]I'm right by the City Centre so there are at least four others I've seen in range of me, one's my neighbour, one has an unprotected Linksys (fnarr) and there's a Sky broadband one that appears from time to time

I'm not the least protected one of the bunch, but I'm second from bottom!

I have since discovered that you need to download WPA2 as an add-on from Microsoft, which I have now done. Still doesn't work though.[/quote:700e7008df]

In my area there are 8 wireless networks within range!!! I live in a big apartment block

[Biodoid]

*gets in car to park up outside Barley's with laptop*

[Barley]

[quote:f0c510f721=\"Biodoid\"]*gets in car to park up outside Barley's with laptop*

[/quote:f0c510f721]

*If* you can crack my WEP

[Biodoid]

don't need yours cos you said there are 8 others in range lol

[Cheule]

In my case it's not really people outside in cars that bother me, it's the others who are permanently nearby. You never know if one day one of them might get curious, and, seeing as the guy with the Linksys offers no challenge, might move on to me.

My immediate neighbour works for Syan, so he probably knows his stuff. I however am a few years away from getting my IT&C degree so there's loads I don't know yet.

[Barley]

All you need to crack someone's wireless network is Linux, a packet sniffer and some time

[Cheule]

Exactly, hence my reason for wanting to make them spend the maximum amount of time possible

[Cheule]

I'm still having no luck with this, both my Netgear WG511v2 and the Linksys WMP55AG won't have none of it in WPA or WPA2 modes.

Has anyone got WPA working fine, and if you have, what wireless card are you using please?

[Cheule]

Long time no update.

Well six months have passed and I got nowhere, until today that is. And only in theory.

Since my last post I have also acquired a WG111T USB wifi stick, which (suprise) also dosen't do WPA. But wait, what's this....

http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=10683

Seems my latest firmware which I've had a good while now, V4.01.28, has a bug with WPA.

I did have V4.01.20 which apparently does work with WPA, but a while after I upgraded I must have deleted it off the drive.

Unfortunately Netgear have also strangely removed it from their servers so I can't downgrade to it. Does anyone have a spare copy of V4.01.20 for the DG834Gv3 laying about?

[John LG]

I need to check which version I have, but I do have a DG834Gv? I've only had it 5months, and now developed a problem. I thought I had WPA... but now you've put doubt in my mind. The problem I have is that I can wirelessly connect to it, but get no internet. It worked at 3pm on Sunday, but not at 5pm!!! I've tried two devices, both connect but no internet. I've even tried to hardwire connect, but the http://192.168.0.1 login fails - and doesn't even give a chance to log in to check/change settings!
I've turned off and on, all lights are correctly showing. I haven't tried a hard reset becuase I didn't want to lose the settings that obviously work (wirelessly at least). However I think I may have to...

Any other ideas? I've changed the asdl filter too.