Resolved Can't connect to wireless network

[57varieties]

Hi, first time poster here.

I'm having trouble connecting to my home wireless network on my newly bought Mac Mini. The computer recognises the network, but when I enter the 26-character WEP key it tells me the "computer was unable to join the Wi-Fi network" that I selected.

On the wireless security drop-down box I selected "WEP 40/128- bit hex" and I've tried entering the key with and without the $ sign in front. Does upper/lower case make any difference? In any event, I've tried all conceivable permutations and none have worked. The router is a LinkSys Wireless-G.

I'm not very tech-savvy, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[satcomer]

WEP? Why WEP because it such an old technology that was broken (watch a video to see WEP broke in less than 30 seconds) in 2001?

What wireless router (and how old is it) are you using? What version of OS X is the Mini running?

 

[57varieties]

WEP? Why WEP because it such an old technology that was broken (watch a video to see WEP broke in less than 30 seconds) in 2001?

What wireless router (and how old is it) are you using? What version of OS X is the Mini running?

The Mini is running Lion 10.7 (pre-installed). The router is a LinkSys WRT54G ver.2 - I don't know how old it is (dad set it up a few years back).

 

[57varieties]

There are also two Windows machines and a wireless printer that connect to the network without a problem.

 

[squeakr]

Hi, first time poster here.

I'm having trouble connecting to my home wireless network on my newly bought Mac Mini. The computer recognises the network, but when I enter the 26-character WEP key it tells me the "computer was unable to join the Wi-Fi network" that I selected.

On the wireless security drop-down box I selected "WEP 40/128- bit hex" and I've tried entering the key with and without the $ sign in front. Does upper/lower case make any difference? In any event, I've tried all conceivable permutations and none have worked. The router is a LinkSys Wireless-G.

I'm not very tech-savvy, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Yes passwords are case sensitive. They should be entered exactly as they were step up (special characters and all).

 

[57varieties]

Solved! Looks like it was just a password issue after all. Phew.