Windows xp can connect to wpa2

When a relative came for a brief stay in my house recently, he tried connecting his Windows XP laptop to my wifi router which is secured with WPA2 encryption. He got the following error:. Windows is unable to connect to the selected network. The network may no longer be in range. Please refresh the list of available networks, and try to connect again. The network was visible to the laptop, but on trying to connect, the above error would come up.

Sign in to vote. They show up in the Windows Available Wireless Networks list, but don't show the "WPA2" beside them as they should, and when you try to connect you get the standard error.

I've seen a lot on this online, but can't figure out a quick resolution - if there is one. There doesn't seem to be any correlation to particular hardware. It's the same problem as I've seen when the WPA2 Windows updates aren't applied, except that when you try to install them now with SP3 it won't let you, as "a newer version is already installed. Ben in CA. Tuesday, April 14, PM. Hi, Thats a Problem from SP3! Uninstall SP3 and install SP2 or install a driver from third party developer.

Then it works! Wednesday, April 15, AM. Ben, the first thing to check is that the Device Drivers for the wi-fi cards are updated to the latest level: you will need to get them from the manufacturers' support sites.

Robin Walker. Joined Oct 6, Messages 1. Hello, This problem has been bothering me for months now, and I have searched far and wide for a solution.

On the specific network I am trying to connect to now, it connects fine, the router assigns an IP address, but there is no internet connection. I know the hardware works with WAP2, because I have Joli OS installed to dual boot, and it works perfectly fine, leading me to believe that it is either a driver issue, or an issue with XP.

Could this potentially cause a problem? I know the settings are specific to the properties of each network, but I used a program downloaded from my school website that configured this netowork Link to school site explaining this procedure , and maybe it changed some setting somewhere that could be causing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and let me know if there is any other information you would like to know that may help, Erik.

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