lostcawz
join:2002-08-09
Arlington, TX
| WEP key not working
I have a new powerbook and am having problems connecting to my 2wire1000SW wirelessly. I can see the network (and my neighbors for that matter) fine, but I keep getting a password error. I've used the default 64-bit encryption, specified my own 64-bit password and also tried th 128-bit encryption. But everytime I get a password error. Is there any sort of setting within the 2wire I might be overlooking that could be causing problems? Or any other ideas? |
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IPTV
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join:2005-03-25
Plano, TX
| I think, but I can't remember, that the default wep key on the 2wire (printed on the label on the bottom, or on the side) needs a "$" in front of it on the mac for the powerbook to accept it correctly.
I'm not 100% certain, but try that and see if it works !
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lostcawz
join:2002-08-09
Arlington, TX
1 edit | Sweet mercy! That did it. 
Now how was I supposed to know that? I didn't see anything like that in any documentation! 
Thanks for the quick reply. |
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IPTV
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join:2005-03-25
Plano, TX | reply to lostcawz
Here to help
It's documented somewhere in the Mac documentation. (Don't ask me where, because I have no idea)...
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AARC51
join:2005-09-07
Apache Junction, AZ | Yeah prefixing it with $ let's the airport configuration thingy know that the number is actually a hexadecimal number - you can change this somewhere in the airport configuration also - so you don't have to type the $. |
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