[G4] (G4 Digest, Vol 92, Issue 1) Airport

[Harry A. Freeman]

Scot.

Go to System Preferences and open the "Network" panel.

Select the Airport and the click on the Assist me button.

After setting up the Airport be sure to click on the "Apply" Button.

Cheers

Harry
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On Jul 26, 2012, at 12:28 PM, D V wrote:

> Dear Scot "Bruce" Nakamura, et alia,
>
> You wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The numbers on mine are T/N 36V04964  APN: 630-2883/C.
>>
>> This older wireless card might not be able to connect with today's  
>> WPA
>> encryption.  My recollection is that I could only connect with no
>> encryption and no password at all.  This means that all your
>> transmissions will be in the clear and anybody with a wireless card,
>> PC or Mac, can access your network.
>>
>> Hopes this helps,
>>
>> Scot "Bruce" Nakamura
>
> I have a QuickSilver G4 with a pre-installed Airport (not Airport  
> Express,
> nor Airport Extreme) card.
>
> I'm running Tiger (Mac OS(UNI)X 10.4).
>
> When I turn the Airport card on (via the menubar item) and select  
> the item
> to 'Create network...' in the menu list, I get a dialog box titled
> 'Computer-to-Computer'
>
> It lists the following items:
> Name: <text edit box>
> Channel: <listbox selection, 1 to 11 inclusive>
> and a 'Show Options' button, that when pushed, opens the dialog pane  
> further
> to a set of selections:
>
> a checkbox for 'Enable Encryption (using WEP)' with
> 'Password: <text edit box>'
> and 'Confirm: <text edit box>'
> 'WEP key: <listbox selection>'
>
> So, there is *some* encryption, even if it's weak...
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Cheers
>
> -- 
>
> D VanderYacht
> drteknik at earthlink.net
>
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