[secondhandloser]

Just got my mini 10V, trying to set it up on my home network. It appears there is no option for WPA2 security on the network setup. I haven't had a computer running XP in quite a while, but I feel like this would be supported.

Any ideas as to what I need to do, or what I'm doing wrong?

[theadlee]

Change the wirelesss channel on your router. The default on most routers is six. My mini 10v would not connect on channel six. There are several other members that report the same issue. Change your router to channel 11 and I bet it will work.

Peace and Love. Peace and Love.

[brookheather]

Originally Posted by secondhandloser

Just got my mini 10V, trying to set it up on my home network. It appears there is no option for WPA2 security on the network setup. I haven't had a computer running XP in quite a while, but I feel like this would be supported.

Any ideas as to what I need to do, or what I'm doing wrong?

You don't set the WEP/WPA/WPA2 security option when connecting - Windows will just ask for the security key and that is all you need to enter.

- Simon.

[dj898]

actually you can.
if you log into the router you can set the type of security...
check the manual how to log into your router - usually http://192.168.1.1 will log you into your router.

[WolfKeeper]

actually you can.
if you log into the router you can set the type of security...

I believe what was meant was you don't normally select the type of network when connecting in Windows XP, from the client side.

You can tell it what kind of network it is if you set up the wireless connection *manually* (which includes entering the SSID manually.)

In Windows XP, if the wireless card and/or drivers can't talk WPA/WPA2, it sees the network as a secure network, but it will never connect. There are some older cards out there that won't do WPA/WPA2, but the Mini 9's WLAN card isn't one of them.

[dvsman]

I had the same problem with the stock XP and the Dell 1510 N wireless adaptor. I got so fed up with the connection issues (why trade off better network security for the sake of one netbook?) - I just decided to throw a new HD (my spare 250gb SSD) and Vista RC1 onto it. (The reason I didn't switch channels is because some of the "turbo" router features only work on the lower channels and not 10 or 11) Now every thing works and connects fine, I think it works a little bit cooler too but it seems the heat in the 10v is mostly from the CPU/GPU and not the HD in the first place, so the SSD doesn't really improve much in that department - though the new HD speed was very handy in loading up the OS!