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Macbook won't connect to home wifi (WEP protected)

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will0407

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May 20, 2006
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I took my macbook back from uni today as I'm home for easter. I tried to connect to our home network and it asked me for a WEP password. I entered the one my Dad used to set up the connection on his PC. I keep getting a connection timeout and hence it won't connect.

I installed windows via boot camp and also tried to connect it that way. I put the password in the same way as my Dad had done on his PC and it said the signal strength was excellent, but the status said little or no connectivity.

There is no mac filtering on, it's just WEP password protected.

Can anyone help??
 
I would double check the WEP key as although it is saying signal strength excellent it doesn't mean that you have entered the correct Key in.
 
It won't allow me to put a $ at the start, I hold shift and press 4 but it won't come up.

I've tried putting " at the start and end but it doesn't work.
 
I had trouble with WEP too. I reconfigured using WPA (which I *think* is stronger?). Worked fine after this.
 
edesignuk said:
Start from the beginning, turn WEP off. Will it connect?
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I'll try, although I'm not sure if my dad wants to switch it off as he had trouble connecting his PC's, so I don't want them to lose access and then have the hassle of trying to connect them again.
 
First you need to know about the network that you are trying to join. Are the IP addresses dynamic or manually assigned?

Another thing is try is connecting to the "wired" portion of the network. Do you connect?

Neil
 
neilhart said:
First you need to know about the network that you are trying to join. Are the IP addresses dynamic or manually assigned?

Another thing is try is connecting to the "wired" portion of the network. Do you connect?

Neil
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I'm pretty sure they are dynamically assigned.

What do you mean by the wired portion? The ethernet ports are broken I think on the router so only way to access is via wireless.
 
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