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I have a smc wireless 802.11b router/switch. I have a allnet 802.11g pcmcia card. I have DHCP enabled. They work fine together until I enable WEP. I tried both 64 and 128 bit modes. When WEP is enabled I can connect to the wireless router but I don't get assigned a IP address. Therefore I'm not on the network.
Go to Network Connections.
Do you have a Wireless Network connection?
If so, right click on your Wireless Network connection. Click on View Available Wireless Networks. Put the WEP key that the Router is gerenating in the Network Key.
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Let me try that again one more time.
Put the WEP key, the one that the router is generating, in the Network Key.
I can't spell today.
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I hadn't tried that. I was configuring it under the advanced button in network properties. Unfortunatly it didn't work still.
On a side note. My router doesn't generate a WEP, I have to type one in. I don't know if that makes a difference. Also, I can enter multiple WEP keys. And choose which one I want to be default in the router. I use the same one on the card and I still can't get a IP address.
Anymore ideas? I'm realy goin nuts over this.
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The wep protocol standard has not been ratified and is not follow the same way by all vendors. Then most vendors provide interoperability support for their products only and few others.
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Something to check make sure your router can read 802.11g. I know most routers today that are 802.11g can read g or b but I don't know if you router, which is a b, can read the g card.
Make sure you have the latest firmware release on your router but check what I said above.
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I'm pretty sure a 802.11B router wont see an 802.11G adapter...
Also, if the WEP isn't working for you, maybe you can just get away with a mac filter, SSID, and disable the broadcast. There should be a way to assign IP addresses on the router too, so your only talking to certain pc's with static ip's.
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G Adapters are typically made to be backwards compataible with B networks, and they can do this because they are on the same Frequency (2.4 GHZ).
Meanwhile, I to am having a similar problem, when I turn on WEP with a Linksys router and adapter (A/B Router, A/G Adapter), I can not connect, but without WEP it is ok. Happens with both the A and B networks...
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