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Default Netbook, back again

ss wrote:
On 07/07/2019 09:46, Andy Burns wrote:
ss wrote:

Having another attempt to get this netbook working on wi-fi.
"It is asking for a network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits


sounds like the router is configured to use the ancient (horribly
broken) WEP encryption, can you reconfigure the router to use WPA or
WPA2 encryption?


Without guidance I would answer no to reconfiguring.

Worth mentioning my PC and various laptops,ipads etc all work ok from
the same wi-fi signal, it is just this one netbook that fails.


If the machine is running XP, check SP3 is installed. It is a long time
since I dabbled with Windows but Im pretty sure this problem can be caused
by a lack of updates.

(A WEP/WPA(2) issue is also a possibility, as has been suggested.)

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