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Setup for Hot Spot

Droid X with Mobile HotSpot service. I need a review of the setup procedure. Attempted to setup the laptop (Windoze XP Pro), and it only had WEP and WPA options in the Wizard, not WPA2. Do I use the DROID SSID? The Wizard placed severe limitations on the size of the password. Setting up the DROID hotspot for WPA2, just asked for a password, no limitations on format.

I think I'm getting a bit of mixed signals. Just what is the sequence of setup steps?

Thanx for the help.

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crb79

You need an optional update for XP from the Windows update site and it will give you wpa2

jey

Thanx. That will take care of the WPA2 issue. Is there a special format to the password?

crb79

I haven't used the hotspot for the Droid X, but it should handle just like most traditional encryptions. You set a pass-key on your broadcasting end, then input the pass-key on the device you want to connect to the hotspot. If I recall correctly WPA2 also allows you to use a passphrase, usually more than 8 characters long and could be any combination or letters symbols or words.

Ie: I8Ho7dogS or you could be really fancy with it and go 20+ characters with symbols and such.

jey

Finally got the laptop to find the Droid. interesting, WPA2 will allow any format passphrase. WEP and WPA require a specific format.

Thanx again, for the help.

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