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Wireless Adapter cannot connect with AES (but works with TKIP)!
Hey,
I'm using a 3Com 3CRUSBN175 USB wireless-N adapter to connect to a 3Com 3CRWDR300A router with WPA2 enabled. The PC with the USB adapter and a laptop with an Intel 4965AGN can both see and connect to the network when TKIP encryption is used.
However, when I turn on AES, the USB adapter is not even able to see the network! It is fully certified for 128-bit AES according to the website. I am using the latest drivers/firmware for all kit involved.
Re: Wireless Adapter cannot connect with AES (but works with TKIP)!
It's XP Home SP3 with all the latest updates from Windows update... I should mention the problem exists when I use WZC as well as the 3Com connection utility.
Re: Wireless Adapter cannot connect with AES (but works with TKIP)!
SOLVED!
Realised that the adapter was plugged into a USB1.1 port (old Asus A7V333), so plugged it into a USB 2.0 - now works perfectly, at up to 270Mbps. Very random, but wooooo!!
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