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

[Thomas McDermott Jr]

Not sure I understand??


At 12:02 AM 10/24/2005, you 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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