Boot Camp Beta 1.2: Windows XP (SP2) unable to connect to 802.11n wireless router or AirPort Extreme (802.11n) Base Station
Products Affected
Mac mini (Mid 2007), Mac mini (Late 2006), Mac mini (Early 2006), iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007), iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), iMac (Mid 2006 17-inch), iMac (Early 2006 20-inch), iMac (Early 2006 17-inch), iMac (24-inch, Late 2006), AirPort, iMac (20-inch Late 2006), iMac (17-inch, Late 2006 CD), iMac (17-inch, Late 2006), iMac (24-inch, Early 2008), iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
Issue or symptom
With Boot Camp Beta 1.2, you may not be able to associate your Intel-based Mac to an AirPort Extreme (802.11n) Base Station, or any other 802.11n-based router using Windows XP (SP2). This can happen when the configuration is set to use 802.11n (5 GHz) and authentication uses WPA2 (in Security settings).
Solution
Microsoft has acknowledged this issue with Windows XP and has a fix available. Follow the steps in Microsoft "hotfix" 893357.
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