Setting up new Secure Network

[bigboy99]

I've been trying for over an hour to set up a new WEP secure network on my G4 (Tiger). Everything looks great - location, name, WEP 128 bit hex password. When I open Internet Connect and try to join the new network the message is "there was an error joining the Airport nework (name)."

Suggestions?

BB99

 

[mad jew]

Are you using an AirPort base station?

Maybe try it with a dollar sign ($) in front of the password too. 🙂

 

[bigboy99]

Are you using an AirPort base station?

Maybe try it with a dollar sign ($) in front of the password too. 🙂

I'm using a Linksys wireless router. I've been able to get a secure network working with this computer at another location with a D-Link router, but it took forever (like this one), and when it started working I wasn't really sure what I had done differently.

Not sure what the dollar sign might do. 128 bit hex requires a 26 character password (A~F, a~f, 0~9)

 

[dukebound85]

the dollar sign denotes hexadecimal in some programming languages

 

[semaja2]

well i wouldnt call WEP secure but have u tried WPA, also have u got any mac filters