Re: macbookpro/aiport problems

In article <DrRuth-A72877.08414316082008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ruth Shear <DrRuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

G'day

My macbook pro did connect to the wireless network as before
but is still unable to see the bigbad internet outside.

Usually this is an indication that:

The password was not supplied correctly when connecting.

-OR-

The router is configured to use MAC address filtering, and you have not
added the MacBook Pro's MAC address to the router's MAC address filter
table.

There is nothing specified in the Access control window, so I'm
presuming I'm not configured to use MAC address filtering.

So it really is the password - thanks for that clarity.

If you set the Airport base station to use a WEP 128-bit hexadecimal
key, you type in your password, and the Airport base station will
generate a hexadecimal key.

Then you prefix $ to that hexadecimal string when you connect to the
router from your laptop(s).

When using either my macbook pro or my powerbook G4 to join a new
airport network, the password drop down menu gives me many options,
including WEP 128 bit hex (or ASCII which is what I'm currently using).

I'm sure that's the problem. Instead, try using "WEP 128-bit
Hexadecimal".

However, my airport base station admin utility only gives password
options of WEP 128 bit. It doesn't allow me to specify ASCII or HEX.
Does it automagically convert the ASCII to hex when I specify WEP 128
bit?

Well, it's not *magic*, but yes - the router generates a hexadecimal
string based on the password you provide when setting the Airport base
station password.

And if so, how do I see the hexadecimal key that the base station
has generated based on the ASCII password I've specified?

Not having ever actually used an Airport base station for any length of
time, I'm not sure exactly where you'd find it in the setup utility. I'm
sure it's there somewhere though. You are looking for a hexadecimal
string of characters similar to this:

BAC34DAAAB56B7CADA336B23DA

Once you've found that string, on each client system, you will specify
"WEP 128-bit Hexadecimal" and supply the hexadecimal string prefixed
with the dollar sign ($) character, like so:

$BAC34DAAAB56B7CADA336B23DA

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

Any time!

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