[X4U] connecting to airport network from xp om imac

[alexandre]

>
> Hi Alexandre:
> I have an airport extreme base station with 2 airport expresses  
> based around the house (to boost the signal and connect to sound  
> equipment and printers).  I have 4 Macs on the wireless network and  
> 1 PC.  To get the non-Apple equivalent passcode launch the Airport  
> Admin Utility (Applications/Utilities), you'll see your base  
> station listed there.  Double click on it and another window will  
> open, you'll see a new menu at the top 'Base Station'.  Click on it  
> and you'll see Equivalent Network Password.  Click this and a  
> little box will open with the numerical password that you will have  
> to enter on the PC to enable it to connect to the network.
> I use WEP.  I imagine that wpa2 is more or less the same.  This  
> should work.
> Good luck,
> Tim
>

hello again

almost by mistake, i found the solution to my problem:

1. system preferences > network.

2. in the "show" dropdown menu, select "airport".

3. further down, select "by default, join: PREFERRED NETWORKS"

4. select the network you want to join, and click "edit"

5. in the window that slides down, select "show password".

6. copy-paste the password WITHOUT the "$" at the beginning into  
windows.

7. you should be able to log-on to your airport network. i was.

regards and thanks to those that offered their help!

alexandre
:: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.8 ::
:: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.8 ::