Journal lpret's Journal: 802.1x Nightmares... 1
Ok. I work at Baylor University, in the Resnet department, and I'm an Advanced Tech. So, this week we're rolling out 802.1x authentication along with WEP -- a most exciting proposition. Well, we got it to work fine with an XP box, a Win2k box, a linux box, a MacOS 10.2 box, and an iPaq. However, I have a Toshiba e740. It's beautiful, I love the built-in wifi, but, for the love of Bob I can't get it to authenticate. It has a built-in client that almost works, and then I tried a third-party client -- but it has to get the WEP encryption off of the Toshiba client, so it doesn't work. So, I went between the server and my handheld, trying to find out what the crap is going on, and I still can't figure it out. I fear I'll be working on this all day tomorrow. It just won't recognize me as a valid user, and when I chnage the user name, it sticks with the old username, so it still doesn't work. *sigh* I've tried a soft reset, that doesnt' help, and tomorrow I'll be doing some hard resets to try and get it to go.
It's like a slow child, with a little prodding you're convinced that they'll be able to interact just fine, but you keep trying and it keeps not catching up. But I won't give up, my wifi is too important to me
Drivers (Score:2)
I'll bet you it has something to do with the drivers and/or proprietary software on the Toshiba. Unfortunately, as it is a WinCE device (right?) you're at the mercy of Toshiba there... look for patches, and so on. You know the drill. And good luck!