[X-Newbies] Using airport card with linksys router?

[John McGibney]

I'll add my 2 cents. I had to use Hex encoding without the $ or  
quotes to get my AlBook to work with a US Robotics modem.

John

On Oct 24, 2005, at 4:36 AM, Scott wrote:

> Wep40 is WEP, 40 bit encryption.
>
> Frankly, that is a prime example of why tech support really should  
> not be outsourced overseas.
>
> The magic characters they are talking about:
> Preface the key with a $ symbol, or enclose the key in double  
> quotes (").
>
> Not exactly worth the time to make a call to AppleCare. I'll leave  
> complaints about his spelling and grammar as an exercise for the  
> reader.
>
>
> -- 
> Scott
>
> On Oct 23, 2005, at 9:02 PM, J wrote:
>
>
>> WEP 40 ???
>> WPA2 ?????
>>
>> Just guessing here
>>
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2005, at 11:51 PM, Thomas McDermott Jr wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> This is the reply I got from linksys:
>>>
>>> Ryan F.(14014): Regarding this concern about MAC wirelessly  
>>> connecting to the security enabled router - not only will you  
>>> just put the key whether WEP or WPA to it but there is a set of  
>>> characters that MAC uses before the WEP/WPA key.
>>>
>>> Ryan F.(14014): You need to call MAC tech support to guide to the  
>>> process of entering the characters plus the WEP/WPA key.
>>>
>>> What sort of characters are they talking about?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> At 11:44 PM 10/23/2005, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, tried wep and wap.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 11:42 PM 10/23/2005, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> When you set up the network on their PC, did you specify  
>>>>> encryption
>>>>> or any other password?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 23, 2005, at 11:37 PM, Thomas McDermott Jr wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Good evening,
>>>>>>     Have been trying to figure out this issue and haven't been  
>>>>>> able
>>>>>> to find a solution.  My 12" powerbook has an airport extreme card
>>>>>> installed and I use it on my aiport network at home without any
>>>>>> security or other issues.  When I take my computer to my folk's
>>>>>> house and try and get on their linksys WRT54G router I am denied
>>>>>> any and all access.  I have tried wep encryption and wap  
>>>>>> encryption
>>>>>> (I am the one who set their network up) but I still can't figure
>>>>>> out why my powerbook can't log on and find the proper security
>>>>>> "key".  Eventually, I just had it login only by mac address and
>>>>>> that works..but its not going to help with the other users of the
>>>>>> network.  Is there a way to log on properly and that it  
>>>>>> accepts my
>>>>>> attempts at security?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom
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