[X4U] Airport Express

[Stroller]

On 12 Feb 2007, at 12:26, Jan Melichar wrote:
> ...
> I'm using a Netgear DG834GT wireless router which is contacted to a  
> G5 by eathernet and wirelessly to a powerbook and Airport Express.
>
> While I can set up WEP security which works fine with the powerbook  
> I cannot see how this can be set up with Airport Express.
> ...
> So I tried setting the security details in Airport Express before  
> activating them in the router but got the following message"
>
> "Joining a WPA-protected network and making changes to a WPA- 
> protected base station requires a WPA capable computer. This  
> computer is not WPA capable. If you continue you will not be able  
> to join the WPA-protected network or make changes to the WPA- 
> protected base station."
>
> Since AE is WPA capable I ignored the warning and went ahead.  
> Unfortunately this did not help establish a connection and do what  
> I may I cannot establish a workable connection.

WPA is different from WEP, so the AE is not able to authenticate to  
the DG834GT.

Either set both units to WEP (I advise a 128-bit key) or set both to  
WPA (I advise this - use a key or password of a dozen or two digits).

You appear to have done things right, otherwise, and this is a  
notoriously tricky sort of procedure.

Perhaps you can configure the encryption on the Netgear first and  
then plug your Mac into the ethernet of the Airport in order to  
configure it? This would mean that security wouldn't affect the  
connection between your Mac & the AE & you could concentrate on  
connecting the AE to the Netgear. I don't know about the Airport, but  
on many other wireless bridges you do get the options to "scan for  
networks" and to choose which one you want to connect to. You're then  
asked for the encryption key - one great thing about the Netgear is  
that you connect with a cable, copy the whole key (it's amazing how  
many routers break the key into groups of 2 digits, rendering this  
impossible!) and then paste it into the appropriate wireless  
connection dialogue.

Stroller.