just purchased a CISCO WRT160N router and i can't connect netbooks to it wirelessly

we have just purchased a LINKSYS by CISCO WRT160N router and so far it only works on desktop computers in the house wirelessly and my psp but it won't work on the netbooks in the house for some reason, on one of them it keeps telling me that it is validating the network and that it couldn't get a certificate and it doesn't connect at all

i don't understand, how can it work on my psp (which is smaller than the netbooks) but not on the ACER ONE netbooks in the house

ps they both run WINDOWS XP PRO

 

Re: just purchased a CISCO WRT160N router and i can't connect netbooks to it wireless

Are you using WPA?

If so there is an update for WPA Support http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...25-CE2B-47A4-ABEC-274845DC9E91&displaylang=en

Also make sure the laptops are running SP3 as I think this was included with SP2 but SP3 is the latest Service pack.

 

Re: just purchased a CISCO WRT160N router and i can't connect netbooks to it wireless

it is using WEP

 

Re: just purchased a CISCO WRT160N router and i can't connect netbooks to it wireless

and does it matter what kind of wireless network utility i use, currently i am using the windows xp wireless network utility but it isn't authenticating or something like that

would a different wireless network utility make a difference

can it be from cisco i know that there are more wireless utility programs out there but it would be nice if it was from cisco

the modles of the netbooks are acer one netbooks