Dlink DSL-G604T & WPA

GaryS

Has anybody managed to get WPA security to work on the Dlink DSL-G604T.

I am the DSL-G604T wireless router, DWL-G650+ laptop card and several DWL-G520 pc cards.
WEP security works fine but I cannot get WPA to connect.

Any ideas ?

Jzpop

"• How do I configure WPA-PSK on my wireless card using the Microsoft XP Utility?

This FAQ is currently for the DWL-G630, DWL-G650, DWL-AG520, and DWL-AG530 with the latest drivers.

Note: Make sure to have all of the latest Windows Updates.

Step 1 Click on the XP Networking icon to use the Zero Configuration utility. This will be located in the lower-right corner (system tray). In the lower-left of the window, click on the Advanced button.

Step 2 Ensure that Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings is checked. Highlight the network you wish to connect to and click on the Configure button.

Step 3 From the Network Authentication drop-down, select WPA-PSK. Under Data Encryption, select TKIP or AES. Enter your Network key and enter it again next to Confirm network key.

Step 4 Click OK to save your settings. You will now see your wireless network under the Preferred Networks box. You should now be connected to your wireless network using WPA-PSK encryption.

The key is an alpha-numeric password between 8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. Make sure you enter this key exactly the same on all other wireless clients." Source -
http://www.dlink.co.uk/?go=jN7uAYLx/oIJaWVQALYbU93ygJVYLelXSNvhLPG3yV3oUYp4galtbNlwaaRp+X19Vnq1zitUvt1LVILi0LWgfgxA7e/Uboe1Hcmh9i0flsVSHe8UYoDKukCBu3fef53K

Assuming you are running XP and have setup the router to use WPA-PSK, can you confirm that you have carried out the above, but none of the network cards can connect to the router using WPA-PSK?

GaryS

Thanks for the reply, I currently use the Dlink Airplus utility to configure my wireless network, that could be the problem.

GaryS

Look like the DWL-520 pci cards do not support WPA.

I get a message advising me of that when I attempt to set up the network using Windows XP to configure it instead of the DLink utility.

**Confirmed by checking the DLink website - time for some new pci cards **

Jzpop

Apologies if you have already checked this, but the latest revision of the 520 (the 520e) does seem to support WPA - see
http://support.dlink.com/products/revision.asp?productId=DWL-520 for identifying marks for each of the revised models.

If you do have the 'e' version, the link below shows how to setup WPA -
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=1509&question=DWL-120f / DWL-520E / DWL-650P

Note that these are links to the DLink USA site, which is very different to their UK site. It is possible that the 520e was never released here.

GaryS

Thanks again, the 520's I have are more than likely the older ones. I have had them for about 3 years now.

I currently use 256 bit WEP encryption and thought that I would give WPA a go.
I will take a look at replacing the whole setup, router, 4 pci cards and 2 pcmcia cards. - nice new 108mbps kit maybe.