WEP, keychain, internet problem - 10.5.1

[lloydhooson]

Hi there, I have a mac book running 10.5.1 and since I updated from 10.4 my internet WEP key at home will not stay connected as soon as I turn off my MB or go to sleep it forgets the key and will not connect, so every time I wake it up I have to go through the internet assistance then it works, this is using a i 64 bit encryption, However the one at work (I believe is a 128 bit encryption) works fine, they are both net gear based routers.

Any help please? I don't want to change the internet encryption at home as there are many many computers on windows so that will break about a million times if you change the password in XP.

Thankyou.

 

[omari623]

I'm having the same issues just updated two Powerbook g4's in my office from 10.4 to Leopard and both will not reconnect to the airport extreme base when restarted. I have to keep on entering the wep key to get online. It just wont store the password on my computers running Leopard. Any Ideas?

 

[lloydhooson]

omari623, if you change the encryption to 128 bit, "it just works" to quote apple.

So having to change the stinking windblow boxes as well - gutted.

Cheers for the help.

 

[lord patton]

Is your router broadcasting your SSID? I had the same problem on the wife's MacBook until we set the router to broadcast.

 

[gvegastiger]

I'm having the same problem with mine. I'm broadcasting my SSID and using 64 bit. I switched from 128 bc I was tired of putting in the longer password.

 

[omari623]

I followed these directions below from another thread and all is well now.

("Remove the AppleAirPort2.kext file from your Extensions folder, located here: Macintosh HD:System:Library:Extensions")

 

[Techguy172]

Good luck with sorting that out. I had similar problems with mine except it lost the ip address So i had to set it up all over again.