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Mac Forum / General / Networking / April 2005Cannot Connect TiBook to Linksys Router -- Help!
I'll readily admit to not being an expert in the nuances of wireless connections, so I'm posting here hoping for a solution..... We have two Macs, an AlBook and a TiBook, both of which connect to the internet via an Airport / Linksys setup. The internal drive of the TiBook has become too small and I am attempting to configure that TiBook to boot from an external firewire drive. At this moment that external drive has just OS X 10.3.9 installed. When I boot the TiBook from that external and then attempt to connect to the internet I first select the network (the same as for the AlBook and the TiBook when booted off of the internal drive) I am then asked for the network password. When I enter the password I receive an error message stating that the password is incorrect. I have checked the keychain of the AlBook and it shows the same password that the TiBook reports is in error. I have checked the Linksys Administration utility and the password there is also the same as I have entered. So.... The question is "What am I not doing that I should be doing?" Many thanks for advice and/or suggestions and even well-deserved bonks on the head.  SignatureJames L. Ryan -- Taliesinsoft > I am then asked > for the network password. When I enter the password I receive an error [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > The question is "What am I not doing that I should be doing?" There are some Linksys routers that require you to type the $ (dollar sign, shift-4) character into the password field before you start typing the actual password. Try it and see what happens. >> I am then asked >> for the network password. When I enter the password I receive an error [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > sign, shift-4) character into the password field before you start typing > the actual password. Try it and see what happens. Many thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't help. If I started the password with a dollar sign things went "funny" and I could only type another couple of characters in the password field. SignatureJames L. Ryan -- Taliesinsoft You could try resetting the router - check the web for instructions - but you can return the hardware to its factory default settings. > You could try resetting the router - check the web for instructions - > but you can return the hardware to its factory default settings. I'm wondering if the router may have already been accidentally reset and the password has returned to the default. This has happened to me before. Either way, your solution should work. Orchid >> You could try resetting the router - check the web for instructions - >> but you can return the hardware to its factory default settings. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Orchid At this moment I have both the TiBook and AlBook communicating to the internet via the Linksys router. This was accomplished by disabling the security from WPA Personal. If the WPA was reinstated the same problem arose, the TiBook couldn't communicate but the AlBook could. Weird! SignatureJames L. Ryan -- Taliesinsoft > >> You could try resetting the router - check the web for instructions - > >> but you can return the hardware to its factory default settings. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > security from WPA Personal. If the WPA was reinstated the same problem arose, > the TiBook couldn't communicate but the AlBook could. Weird! Is the the TiBook still running 10.2? <http://www.macworld.com/2005/03/secrets/aprilmobilemac/index.php> "Joining the WPA Some Wi-Fi networks may offer two other security options: WPA Personal and WPA Enterprise. (Click here for the lowdown on WEP versus WPA.) Unfortunately, only OS X 10.3 supports WPA; if you're using an earlier OS, you won't be able to log on." SignatureAlan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." [responding to my prior posting in which I stated that the TiBook couldn't communicate via the Linksys when WPA Personal security was set] > Is the the TiBook still running 10.2? Both of the computers, the TiBook and the AlBook, are running OS X 10.3.9. What is so weird is that it is always the TiBook that has the problems, never the AlBook. SignatureJames L. Ryan -- Taliesinsoft In comp.sys.mac.misc - article <0001HW.BE881FAF004666B7F04075B0 @news.dallas.sbcglobal.net>, on Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:14:07 GMT, James L. Ryan says... > I'll readily admit to not being an expert in the nuances of wireless > connections, so I'm posting here hoping for a solution..... [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Many thanks for advice and/or suggestions and even well-deserved bonks on the > head. Use the hex representation. It's been consistent for me (Linksys/Airport). |
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