Wireless help

[mackinoe]

I Just got my new macbook today and I've been having difficulty connecting to my wireless network. This is my first mac so i'm slightly confused, I get it to find my wireless network and then I have to enter in my password and i do but it just wont connect and i dont understand what i'm doing wrong. Ive gone through network setup assistant and everything and it just comes up with password is incorrect but it really isnt.

 

[livingfortoday]

Are you using an appropriate length password? I had a problem like that for a while, until I found you had to have a 13-character long password for my network. Here's a good guide for the right length password to choose:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424

 

[840quadra]

In addition to Living's comments..

There are also many types of secure wireless networks available.

-WEP
-WEP HEX
-WEP ASCII
-LEAP
-WPA
-WPA2
etc..........

Knowing which of these your wireless network uses, will be a great start. IF you are unsure what you have, you can gather this information from an other system that uses your wireless.

Are there any other wireless connected systems you can take a peek at ?

 

[swiftaw]

The password you need to enter is the encryption password of your wireless network, not the password to your user account.

 

[mackinoe]

Ive had my old laptop connected to the wireless connection before using a WPA password with no problems at all. Maybe my router isnt mac compatible or something?

 

[gavd]

I'm guessing the answer is no, but I was just wondering if you have your router set to only allow access to certain MAC addresses and you haven't added your new MacBook?

 

[mackinoe]

I've checked all the settings and everything is Ok, too be honest I think it must just be a problem with the router its been acting strange for a couple of months anyway.

 

[redAPPLE]

if you can connect with the old laptop, then the router should be working.

 

[kestelli]

One more question...

Sorry to add one more question but my problem is very similar and I have hit the dead-end...

I have a wireless DSL modem/router. My wife was able to connect with her ibook G4. Than I purchased this new MacBook. First I have heard of this 13 digit encryption thing. So instead of changing to 13 digits I have reset the modem and removed the encryption altogether. Yet my mac still wouldn't connect... Any idea anyone?

 

[ricksz]

Wireless connection password

I also had trouble connecting my new iMac to the existing wireless network we have at home. The network was automatically detected but it required a password to join the network. My network has a 128bit WEP password setup which I found expressed as 26 character (hex) string. To enter it and be accepted I found you have to put a $ in front of this 26 char string. That was the trick to allow you to enter the password in the hex form. I think without the $ out front it expects a 13 character password (which is the ascii equivalent of the 26 hex values - each pair of hex converting to an ascii character). Hope that helps.

 

[nightsky]

It worked 🙂

I also had trouble connecting my new iMac to the existing wireless network we have at home. The network was automatically detected but it required a password to join the network. My network has a 128bit WEP password setup which I found expressed as 26 character (hex) string. To enter it and be accepted I found you have to put a $ in front of this 26 char string. That was the trick to allow you to enter the password in the hex form. I think without the $ out front it expects a 13 character password (which is the ascii equivalent of the 26 hex values - each pair of hex converting to an ascii character). Hope that helps.

Just change the from WEP Password to 128bit Hex ... off drop dwn menu and I was in.. Thanks