Can you flash firmware to WPA?

Tim Burton · Post by **Tim Burton** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:55 pm

My mother has a Toshiba Laptop with a Centrino system. The Wireless adapter is:

Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter

I just noticed that it doesn't have WPA encryption. Is there a way to flash the firmware to be able to make WPA encrypted connections to my laptop?

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:11 pm

are you using this laptop to connect to another laptop or to a router / access point?

Tim Burton · Post by **Tim Burton** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:19 pm

I'd like to connect to my router which is set up with WPA encryption, but the laptop being a 801.11b and not a G only gives me a WEP option. I was wondering if the only way to get it to connect would be an Hardware upgrade or if there is a firmware update that would enable WPA.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:36 pm

have you got SP2 installed???

http://www.intel.com/network/connectivi ... dBrief.pdf
The specs say it's supported..............

Update to the latest pro-set drivers

Tim Burton · Post by **Tim Burton** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:52 pm

Ok, found the driver and it worked perfect. Thanks.