Comments | ssssshh: WLAN and WEP

ssssshh

WLAN and WEP

Oct 01, 2007 15:28

I really am at a lost with this one. I have a Belkin DSL/Wireless Router, which is used by the computers at home to access the internet and the NAS. Never had any issues with a PowerMac G4, PowerBook G4 and an IBM Thinkpad. Now steps in a new MacBook, and it cannot hook on to the WLAN ( Read more... )

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Comments 3

shayan October 1 2007, 08:29:32 UTC

1. change the wireless channel on the router.
2. make sure there are no spaces or special characters in the wireless network SSID e.g. "the House!" = BAD... "thehouse" = GOOD.
3. change from WEP to WPA or WPA2.

ssssshh October 1 2007, 08:34:53 UTC

Thanks, I will try when I get home.

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ssssshh October 1 2007, 18:41:06 UTC

I don't think that this is it, since my PowerMac is not on the network, and the MacBook still cannot hook on. However, the PowerMac can easily hook on to the network.