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AirPort Software 3.3

Phones

Hi

I've googled this subject before -- in the U.S., digital cordless phones use the DCT standard and so really hurt 802.11b/g

Is it possible to use UK/European DECT phones over there, which do not cause interference? Or will they plain not work/lead to a visit from FCC stormtroopers? :)
 
Originally posted by Trekkie
i hope it fixes my random 'have to go down into the garage and power cycle it because the whole network disappears' feature.
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that's definitely my least favorite feature.
 
well I installed it..

The only problem was my MAC address changed on me. So i had to play around with the router to allow my new MAC address to work.

Note: I have a netgear router
 
For those curious about network configs:

I am using, for a Windows/Linux/OS X network for a cable modem, a Netgear RP614 wired router for a Dell and a Gateway, a Netgear HE102 802.11a WAP for a Gateway laptop and another disused Gateway, and a no-modem Airport Extreme for two iBook G3s, two Palm Tungsten C's, and all future devices. It all works quite well
 
Re: Bummer

When I first got a batch of Airport Extreme base stations, I tried running them at the compatible setting that lets the client decide on the speed of connection. I got lousy performance, even though connections were being made with 802.11g. I tried forcing 802.11g thinking that maybe the auto negotiate feature was slowing me up. No improvement. I ended up forcing everything to fall back to 802.11b and got about twice the performance.

I hope my case is atypical. After that disappointment I stopped tinkering with them and just left them to work as 802.11b WAPs. I don't think it is due to interference, the signal strength is always high and it never cuts out.

Anyone else seen something like this? Firmware update fix it?

This is kinda in reply to questions about AEBS reliablilty at higher speeds...
 
I think I have a slightly different problem.
I think most of you just turn the airport card off and on to reset it, but I have to always restart to get the airport card to work.

I have a couple of 12" powerbook G4s here and have just tried them under non-2.4ghz environment.
One of them definitly has some problem with the airport card. it cut off while the other one stayed on. I've tried logging off and closing programs... and of course turned the card off and on... and waited. Nothing. Because I've done lots of troubleshooting with Apple, they are just going to send me a new card to see if that'll work for me.
I've also tried changing channels.

Does anyone know, if it's simply the 2.4ghz phone/devices interrupting, I can just turn off and on the airport card to reset it and everything would work again, right? I shouldn't need to restat?

thanks!
 
Airport Extreme Station

I also LOVe the airport extreme station!
Not only does it look good... ;) it works so well.

Also use it for wireless printing with a HP USB all in one printer (only printing works for now...) It was working before Apple listed this particular model in their compatible list. had to do a little "advanced" setup, but all is worth it. I found tips at macosxhints.com

I think it's cheaper and less hassle than other options so far...

just my thoughts!
Go Apple!
 
My Netgear WGR614 has been completely painless and simple as well. Took me all of 2 minutes to get it setup. As for wireless printing. I turned on USB printer sharing in OSX on my desktop computer and our laptop doesn't have any problems connecting through the Netgear router to the desktop and then to the printer.

Also a huge benefit of 3rd party wireless routers is many as my Netgear has a built in ethernet router. I can connect 3 more hardwired computers to it if I wish.
 
I don't suppose you got a chance to peek at that config from your Mac?

As near as I can tell, there's no way to generate the WPA shared-key on the Mac.

I can create it on the router, but for some reason I can't connect.

wpa.tiff

wpa-2.tiff

wpa-3.tiff
 
Just a bit of shopping advice for all of you near Apple retail stores. I got a 12" PB recently, and knew I was going that route for a couple of months, so I started thinking about getting an AEBS to use my broadband on both my iMac and my PB. I was looking at either Ed. prices or refurbs for a base and Airport card for the iMac. I happened to walk into my local Apple store on a day that they were clearing some stuff out, apparently they do this one weekend a month, can't remember which one, but I'm sure the store can tell you. Anyhow, I got the AEBS for $130 and the regular AP card for $50, about $20 cheaper than a new AEBS, with the full standard warranty. They also had computers and other periphs out at pretty good discounts. Call your local Apple stores to see when they do this, it's like an Apple garage sale.
 
WPA and Linksys

Originally posted by michael_aos
I don't suppose you got a chance to peek at that config from your Mac?

As near as I can tell, there's no way to generate the WPA shared-key on the Mac.

I can create it on the router, but for some reason I can't connect.
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My setup:

Linksys WAP54G
TiBook 1Ghz w/ Airport

To make this work with WPA I did the following:

1) Connected to Linksys via http, selected WPA from the security options.
2) Entered a 9chr passphrase
3) Saved settings, and the AP reset (good)
4) On the Mac I went to Network Settings
5) Selected the network
6) In the password box I entered the same pass phrase as I entered in the Linksys.
7) The network came up, and all was good.

Cheers,

Edward.
 
That is pretty straight-forward.

What could I POSSIBLY be doing wrong?

Are you in a MIXED envirement, or G-only?

This shouldn't be this difficult...

Mike
 
Originally posted by MacBandit
900MHz phones have better range any how. They went to 2.4GHz because at the time the frequency was open and mostly unoccupied. Also at the same time they went to digital encryption. You can now buy a 900MHz phone that's also digital though. Remember the higher the frequency the tighter the wave length and the less capable it is of penetrating solid objects therefore a reduced range inside a building.
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Definitely, not to mention everything interferes with 2.4GHz phones....my girlfirend's microwave makes her phone unuseable when heating something up :D
 
Originally posted by zync
I'd much rather go with a netgear or possibly D-link...I've heard a lot (and have had personal experience) that linksys equipmet is terrible...
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I did a lot of research before buying my router and all the private reviews and magazine reviews seem to agree that the Netgear is the best wireless router on the market. It's the most compatible and least problem prone.
 
Netgear's hardware is pretty good...I went Apple on the 802.11b/g, but that was as much for convenience as anything; we were ordering a clearance-priced iBook and an Airport card for it, so the logical thing to do was to just stick on the modemless AEBS at academic rate. Perhaps Netgear would have sold something comparable for less, but the Apple one is particularly easy to configure.
 
I've tried changing my SSID (just in case something is cached), and disabling firewall on the AP as well is disabling software firewall on each of the Mac's.

Still nothing. Refuses to join.

I guess I'll try it once with my Win2K Laptop (and a trial-version WPA client).

Mike
 
Originally posted by JeffTL
Netgear's hardware is pretty good...I went Apple on the 802.11b/g, but that was as much for convenience as anything; we were ordering a clearance-priced iBook and an Airport card for it, so the logical thing to do was to just stick on the modemless AEBS at academic rate. Perhaps Netgear would have sold something comparable for less, but the Apple one is particularly easy to configure.
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I don't think the anything could be easier to setup then the Netgear unless there was no setup at all. It literally took me about 3 mins including physically hooking it up.
 
Works now

Not sure what happened.

I power-cycled the Linksys -- I hadn't done that since the firmware-update a while back.

I updated the driver on my Win2K laptop -- thought I'd try that. Didn't want to work either.

Changed "authentication" from "Shared Key" to "open" (which was the default) and viola! Suddenly everything works.

Mike
 
Re: Works now

Originally posted by michael_aos
Not sure what happened.

I power-cycled the Linksys -- I hadn't done that since the firmware-update a while back.

I updated the driver on my Win2K laptop -- thought I'd try that. Didn't want to work either.

Changed "authentication" from "Shared Key" to "open" (which was the default) and viola! Suddenly everything works.

Mike
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Good to hear. I think it's a good thing to always power cycle a device after a firmware update. Most devices do this on their own but it doesn't hurt to do this again on your own.
 
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