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

[Thomas McDermott Jr]

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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