XP SP3 difficulty connected to WPA2 Network

[ericore]

Here's the situation:

There is one router which spits out 2 wireless WPA2 connections:

quadcore

quadcore-guest

quadcore's connection is password protected

quadcore-guest's connection is not password protected. Instead there is a web gateway asking for a password prior to use

I have Windows XP SP3 and I cannot connect to quadcore directly.

I updated my wireless nic drivers, the driver version is now 2009 (the latest realtek driver).

So I have to pull some kind of stunt for it to work.

I have to connect to quadcore-guest, wait a few seconds, then disconnect and it then automatically connects to quadcore; note quadcore's password was input during failed attempts to connect to quadcore and is still cached.

The only issue is whether or not the former works seems to be chance.

I can't access the router which has a different password, and I am annoyed that I have to go through this bs to connect.

[Tripredacus]

What wireless NIC do you have? Is it in a notebook or desktop?

What is the make and model of the router?

[ericore]

NIC: RTL8185 (realtek)

Router: Linksys E1200

Notebook: XP Pro SP3

[submix8c]

I can't access the router which has a different password, and I am annoyed that I have to go through this bs to connect.

How odd! How did you obtain the Router Model? (Not your router?)

[Ascii2]

ericore, it is not clear what you want help with, if anything at all. It might be wise to clarify what it is you want.

Also, you do not indicate what utility, if any, you are using to manage the Wireless connections.

[ericore]

Corrupted Windows Management Instrumentation.

This wasn't obvious on its face since I had no other issues.

That is the cause of the weird wireless behaviour.

Edited July 9, 2012 by ericore