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Airport Card & Linksys WAP Router
Name: K Date: December 21, 2002 at 23:25:14 Pacific OS: Mac OS 10.2.3 CPU/Ram: 700MHz / 128MB
Comment:
Ladies & Gentlemen,
I just bought an iBook today, also bought an Airport card. I try to configure the airport card to connect to my Linksys WAP Router, but after scanning & finding the (SSID) Network name, the utility asks for the network password. I don't have any idea what that's all about. I tried the password that I usually put to access the internal pages of the router. That did not work. Tried the WEP passphrase, that didn't work. Tried the WEP key, that didn't work. I was unable to find any help regarding my issue on the Apple site, and the Linksys site. Any help from you will be greatly appreciated.
Name: radioboy Date: December 22, 2002 at 20:17:53 Pacific
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No, the password for the router config access won't work. It's apparently asking for the WEP key. When entering the password on a MAC using an airport card, I believe you must begin the entry with $, then the key exactly as it appears on your router configuration. I know this only because I spent one frustrating evening doing the same thing you are doing.
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Response Number 2
Name: radioboy Date: December 22, 2002 at 20:26:44 Pacific
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Oh, one other thing...from a fellow Jaguar user. Do yourself a favor and add more RAM. You'll love your new iBOOK even more, and you'll get to see what the new OS can really do. Since there's only one slot for additional memory, put in as much as you can afford.
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Response Number 3
Name: K Date: December 24, 2002 at 23:39:03 Pacific
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Thank you so much radioboy. I actually added 256MB RAM today. As for the password... copying and pasting the key from the router config page actually worked. I just had to reset the WEP key though...
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