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#1 2003-01-24 10:01 am
Can't connect to wireless network -- PLEEEZE help!
At home, I connect my iBook to the internet through AirPort, using a G4 tower as the base station. No problems at all. But I'm visiting my brother and he has an all-PC wireless network; they connect to the internet wirelessly, using an EtherFast(?) router as the base station. Here's the deal: I can _see_ the network just fine, but when I try to connect and am prompted for the password (which I have, of course), I'm told my password is wrong. I've even gone into the router's config program (using one of the windows machines) and turned WEP off, just to see if that mattered, and I still get the same problem. Please tell me what to do -- this is making my Mac look bad! 
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#2 2003-01-24 11:27 am
- Say_What
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Re: Can't connect to wireless network -- PLEEEZE help!
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Did you try this?[/url] :?:
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#3 2003-01-24 3:25 pm
Re: Can't connect to wireless network -- PLEEEZE help!
I didn't try that, because I don't have an Ethernet cable with me. Do you think it's worth picking one up? I was hoping that there was a way I could do this without that much trouble.
The LinkSys console described in the knowledge base article looks _very_ similar to what I see when I try to configure the router on my brother's pc, though.
I'm still open to any suggestions...
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#4 2003-01-24 3:51 pm
- Marco
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Re: Can't connect to wireless network -- PLEEEZE help!
Not sure about not being able to connect to the base wireless but those directions are for setting up the base initially with only a macintosh, since the PC's on the network already have access to the config pages a cord would be a waste of money. With WEP off does it still ask you for a password? You may also try changing the channel, my linksys only worled on 1-6 with my TiBook.
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