cannot set security network

INSTALLED VISTA WENT WELL HOWEVER WHEN I SETUP MY NETWORK ROUTER (NETGEAR WPNT834) AND MY USB CARD (NETGEAR WPNT121) I CANNOT SETUP UP MY NETWORK WITH ANY SECURITY PREMISSIONS (VISTA ONLY ALLOWS OPEN ACCESS) IF I TRY TO SETUP PREMISSIONS ON THE ROUTER VISTA WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY PASSPHARSE OR PASSWORD. I HAVE TRIED SETTING IT MANUALLY AND WITH THE WIZARD BUT HAVE HAD NO LUCK.
DOES ANYONE GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS ????? I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE MY NETWORK WIDE OPEN

Vista does allow the use of WPA protection on wireless connections, when you setup your adapter to connect wirelessly, if your router is configured for WPA, Vista will notify and ask for your passphrase then ask for you to retype it for confirmation. Be patient, it's all new and it'll take you a while to get around it. Just remember, use Microsofts reporting utility with every little issue you encounter, the more we tell Microsoft, the better this OS will be when it is publically released for commercial sale. -- u.s.e.TEC PC Security Consulting
Specializing in User Security Education
"DTAP" wrote:

INSTALLED VISTA WENT WELL HOWEVER WHEN I SETUP MY NETWORK ROUTER (NETGEAR WPNT834) AND MY USB CARD (NETGEAR WPNT121) I CANNOT SETUP UP MY NETWORK WITH ANY SECURITY PREMISSIONS (VISTA ONLY ALLOWS OPEN ACCESS) IF I TRY TO SETUP PREMISSIONS ON THE ROUTER VISTA WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY PASSPHARSE OR PASSWORD. I HAVE TRIED SETTING IT MANUALLY AND WITH THE WIZARD BUT HAVE HAD NO LUCK.
DOES ANYONE GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS ????? I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE MY NETWORK WIDE OPEN

"u.s.e.TEC" wrote in message

Vista does allow the use of WPA protection on wireless connections, when you setup your adapter to connect wirelessly, if your router is configured for WPA, Vista will notify and ask for your passphrase then ask for you to retype it for confirmation. Be patient, it's all new and it'll take you a while to get around it. Just remember, use Microsofts reporting utility with every little issue you encounter, the more we tell Microsoft, the better this OS will be when it is publically released for commercial sale.

Unfortunately not in my case. Doesn't matter if I use WPA1 or 2. I'm using TKIP. It asked me to put in the passphrase, I dutyfully did, then t says it's the wrong one, do I want another go, well, yeah, why not...... ad infinitum.
I've made sure I use the correct key, it does recognise wireless networks.
-- Spete