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From: NealPohl on 6 Mar 2006 20:37 At my house I am unable to connect to the wireless network with my g4 powerbook. I have the right password, and other laptops are able to connect. I acts like I don't have the right password.
From: Garner Miller on 6 Mar 2006 22:16 In article <1141695441.307846.128590(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, <NealPohl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > At my house I am unable to connect to the wireless network with my g4 > powerbook. I have the right password, and other laptops are able to > connect. I acts like I don't have the right password. Is the base station using WEP encryption? If so, that could be the problem. WEP doesn't use passwords -- it uses 40-bit or 128-bit hexidecimal keys. There are algorithms to translate a password into a key, and the base station probably has one. But unless the access point and the computer do it with exactly the same method, there will be a key mismatch. The only way to make sure you get it right is to get the hex key from the access point (many have an option to show it to you), and enter *that* into the Mac. If you're using WEP, that will solve the issue. However.... You *really* shouldn't be using WEP. It's crackable in a very short time, and can't be relied on to protect any of your information. (Things like e-mail addresses and passwords, among other things, are transmitted totally in the clear.) If your base station supports basic WPA encryption (sometimes called WPA-PSK), you should absolutely switch to that. It *is* secure, so far, and it has the side benefit of supporting passwords directly. So you won't have to mess with hex keys at all. If this isn't your issue at all, then we need more information. What type of access point, for starters? -- Garner R. Miller Clifton Park, NY =USA= http://www.garnermiller.com/
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