Network Keys

I have a 3 year old Toshiba notebook. I am travelling and at a particular establishment I have been connecting with no problems to a wifi network using an 8-character key given to me by the owner. When I try to connect, I get the message that a WPA network key is required, and when I enter the 8 characters, I connect immediately. My wife has a 6 year old Toshiba notebook. When she tries to connect to the same network, she gets the same message that a network key is required. However, when she types in the same key that I successfully use, she gets the message that the key must be 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters.

Can anyone suggest how we can convince her notebook that an 8-character key is all that the network requires?

Thanks.

 

Sounds like your Wife's computer doesn't support WPA encryption.

 

Is this an age-related thing (the computer's, not my wife's)? Is it likely that an updated driver could solve the problem, if available?

 

Whats the model of your Wife's notebook and the Operating System.

 

It's a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100, Windows XP Pro Service pack 2

 

Make sure you have the latest drivers for your machine.
http://askiris.toshiba.com/ToshibaS...44D4AB8ED05B2BC01B8DD77FEE1?searchString=6100

 

I'll check it out. Many thanks for your help.

 

Made me smile..

On topic: from what I read here and there, the wirelesscard in that notebook does not support WPA or WPA2, just WEP.

Also see:

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I was afraid of that but didn't have any hard evidence.