How can i change the internet settings on a toshiba satellite pro from wep to wpa?

I have recently inherited a toshiba satellite pro laptop from a friend as my current laptop is about to die on me - even the shift key barely works now hence the lack of capital letters! I have a sky broadband connection which is currently using wap-psk. This works on the nearly defunct laptop, my wii and ipod touch. However the only way i can connect the toshiba to the wireless network is with a wep key. I have asked sky broadband and the woman said that if i convert the router to wep it won't work on my other devices.

i am almost albeit not completely computer illiterate. is there any way of changing the satellite pro to use wpa rather than wep? or is there something i can plug into it to convert it? thanksHow can i change the internet settings on a toshiba satellite pro from wep to wpa?
As said above, your only choices are to use an external Wifi USB adapter or change the mini PCI wireless card inside the laptop to one that supports WPA.



HTHHow can i change the internet settings on a toshiba satellite pro from wep to wpa?
You can buy a wireless usb adaptor.I assume your router is a netgear,so get a netgear adaptor.This will have wpa ability.Or you can get a wireless card
You mentioned Sky Broadband, so I assume you're in the UK.



It's possible that the driver for the built-in wireless section of your Toshiba Satellite Pro simply needs to be updated in order to support WPA, or possibly even WPA2. If that is the case, you'll be able to switch to WPA without paying for any new hardware, so it's worth a try.



Fill in the exact details of your Toshiba here and get the wireless driver download:



http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/i



(Under Product Type, select Notebooks - it means laptop.)



If after installing the latest driver the Toshiba still won't connect using WPA, then I suggest you phone Toshiba for advice. The Satellite Pro is a current model, so there's no reason why it should not work with WPA. Only very very old equipment works with WEP and nothing else.



NOTE: The most important reason for not switching your router to WEP is that WEP is the oldest and weakest method of wifi security, and can be cracked very very easily by hackers, potentially giving them full access to everything on your network, and allowing them to find personal information on hard disks (e.g. credit card numbers used previously for online transactions). So stick with WPA!