BUT making things more interesting- this was an “optional” update with XP SP2, until it was finally rolled into XP SP3.  There is a hotfix for XP SP2 machines in order to support WPA2 – KB 893357.

WPA2/AES didnt’ really become widely implemented until 2006, but it was in the 802.11i spec that introduced WPA in 2004.  For a major vendor like MS to not implement it is pretty crazy.  But then again I, as a wireless security professional, didn’t setup a WPA2/AES network in my home until last month.  So maybe they were onto something.

Anyways, if you’re using XPSP2 and a WPA2 network – you need the hotfix, or XPSP3+.  Good luck out there!  I really recommend moving to WPA2/AES, especially considering the improvements in the Nvidia CUDA drivers that are allowing TKIP to be broken in an increasingly short amount of time.