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Mac Forum / General / Networking / October 2005Problems connecting an Airport Card to a wireless G604T Router
Hi folks, I have a PB Alu 17" 1,33 GHz with an AirPort Extreme card onboard and 10.3.8 installed. I cannot succeed in making a wireless connection between AirPort Extreme card and a D-Link G604T wireless router (all is OK via Ethernet cable). I go in AirPort menu, then --> "Turn AirPort On". I go again in AirPort menu, then --> "Create Network..."; I fill name with router's SSID and I choose 6 as Channel number (as it is in router settings). Now click OK. What I get in Internect Connect is a connection between PB and... PB!!! Signal Level is at maximum (obviously!), Status says "Computer to Computer". Indeed I can choose whatever name and whichever channel number, I get always a "self-network". What is more absurd, if I turn AirPort off and then on again Signal Level goes to zero, and Status says "Out of range of "Temistocle's Powerbook" - Status not available". I have to "Create Network..." again!!!! Have I to choose "802.1X" in Internet Connect? If I do so (previously creating a configuration "Wireless", with AirPort as Network port and inserting router's SSID in "Wireless Network" field), then click on Connect button, I get a "There was an error joining the selected AirPort network". Where was it wrong? Help me please! Temistocle In article <a3e46a4f18d65195352c6654cb7aafba.54074@mygate.mailgate.org>, > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > with router's SSID and I choose 6 as Channel number (as it is in router > settings). Now click OK. The "Create Network..." option is not needed when connection to a wireless base station; it's only used for creating computer-to-computer networks. Onec you've turned the Airport on, go the Network System Preference panel, click the "Assist me" button and follow the directions. The only problem you might encounter is establishing the proper security key(s) to use if your wireless base station has one of the privacy modes activated (you should use the strongest available). Post back when yoy get to that point and have a problem setting the key. [snipped description of misadventure]  SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > Onec you've turned the Airport on, go the Network System Preference > panel, click the "Assist me" button and follow the directions. In the window "How Do You Connect to the Internet?" I have choosen "I use AirPort to connect to the Internet wirelessly." Right? Click on Continue. Now window "Connect to an AirPort or Other Wireless Network" appears. In top field (the largest one) my router doesn't appear. So I put router's SSID in middle field (Preferred Network etc.). Right? Since security level in router settings was None, I left Password field blank. Click on Continue. Window "Sorry - The password you entered is invalid" appears. So I go in G604T router settings and I set security level on WPA (WEP is also possible, but you said the strongest one). Now I have 3 options: 802.1x (but I don't know neither Server IP Address, nor Port, nor Secret), PSK Hex and PSK String. I choose the last (as manual's advise). I put a string inside (alphanumeric value 1-63 characters in length): say "Temistocle". Now Apply, Save All and Restart Access Point. Back to PB: I insert "Temistocle" as password in window "Connect to an AirPort or Other Wireless Network"; then click on Continue. Same window ("Sorry - The password you entered is invalid") appears. So I go in AirPort menu, and choose "Other..." command. In window "Closed Network" I choose "WPA Personal" as Wireless Security, I write router's SSID as network Name and "Temistocle" as password. Now click on OK. Window with message "The wireless network "G604T_WIRELESS" does not support the requested encyption method". AAAARGHHH!!! Have I to throw away my router or my PowerBook? Sincerely, Temistocle In article <ea2fc1936d16b65869c2a3ea0d1b645c.54074@mygate.mailgate.org>, > > Onec you've turned the Airport on, go the Network System Preference > > panel, click the "Assist me" button and follow the directions. > > In the window "How Do You Connect to the Internet?" I have choosen "I > use AirPort to connect to the Internet wirelessly." Right? > Click on Continue. OK > Now window "Connect to an AirPort or Other Wireless Network" appears. > In top field (the largest one) my router doesn't appear. So I put > router's SSID in middle field (Preferred Network etc.). Right? Not quite. If your router is broadcasting its SSID, it should show up in that window. There should at least be the option "Other AirPort Network". At this point, I would investigate if the AirPort card is installed correctly. I would also check that the router wireless mode is enabled and that it is broadcasting its SSID. I would not proceed until I could get the router's SSID to show up in this window. If the hardware is OK, then there may be something wrong with the software installation. > Since security level in router settings was None, I left Password field > blank. > Click on Continue. Window "Sorry - The password you entered is invalid" > appears. Yeah, the PB can't "see" the router for some reason. > So I go in G604T router settings and I set security level on WPA (WEP is > also possible, but you said the strongest one). Now I have 3 options: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > say "Temistocle". > Now Apply, Save All and Restart Access Point. Sounds OK. > Back to PB: I insert "Temistocle" as password in window "Connect to an > AirPort or Other Wireless Network"; then click on Continue. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > OK. Window with message "The wireless network "G604T_WIRELESS" does not > support the requested encyption method". That's reasonable if the router is *not* broadcasting its SSID but I think the problem is caused by no communication path between the router and the PB > AAAARGHHH!!! > Have I to throw away my router or my PowerBook? I can't say, but one of them is not functioning properly. > Sincerely, > > Temistocle SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > Not quite. If your router is broadcasting its SSID Manual come with router says "The DSL-G604T broadcasts its SSID so that any wireless station in range can learn the SSID and ask permission to associate with it". So I think SSID broadcasting is by default active. > There should at least be the option "Other AirPort > Network". Indeed it is, with a grey background. > At this point, I would investigate if the AirPort card is installed > correctly. System profiler: - Click on AirPortCard: Wireles Card Type: AirPort Extreme Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide Wireless Card Firmware Version: 3.4.4f5 (3.50.37.p4) Current Wireless Network: wireless network not available > I would also check that the router wireless mode is enabled Yes, it is! > and that it is broadcasting its SSID. Hidden SSID is NOT checked, correct? > I would not proceed until I could > get the router's SSID to show up in this window. I also tried to change router's SSID (deleting underscore) and to use WEP encryption instead of WPA. I finally tried using AirStumbler and MacStumbler: they don't sniff my router. Now I want to try: - using USB stick that came with the router - bringing PowerBook in hospital (not a computer clinic! human beings hospital): when I did so, a few months ago, PB sniffed local wireless network without neither asking it (but it was not able to surf internet). For now thank you and best regards. I'll keep you informed. Temistocle In article <e0a5879f91f9c19edca722ffdaeea552.54074@mygate.mailgate.org>, > > Not quite. If your router is broadcasting its SSID > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Indeed it is, with a grey background. Indicates that the AirPort is seeing *no* base stations. > > At this point, I would investigate if the AirPort card is installed > > correctly. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Wireless Card Firmware Version: 3.4.4f5 (3.50.37.p4) > Current Wireless Network: wireless network not available Can you determine if the card's antenna connection is secure? If it wasn't seated properly when the card wan installed, it may have corroded on come part way out; also there might be a break in the lead itself or the antenna. > > I would also check that the router wireless mode is enabled > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > internet). > For now thank you and best regards. I'll keep you informed. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Please do let us know what you find out. > Temistocle SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF I found out that the problem is in the router: > > Now I want to try: > > - using USB stick that came with the router > > - bringing PowerBook in hospital Yesterday I brought my AlBook into the hospital, where there is a Wireless AP. It was able to connect to the WL network both via AirPort card and USB stick (D-Link DWL-G122). So I can argue that my home router has some problem in Wireless signal transmission. Thank you for now. Temistocle P.S.: indeed I'd have another question: can I have access to two PCs connected to router from my PowerBook? All three computers are attached to a different Ethernet port on the rear of the router. Do I need samba? or VNC? > I have a PB Alu 17" 1,33 GHz with an AirPort Extreme card onboard and > 10.3.8 installed. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > settings). Now click OK. > What I get in Internect Connect is a connection between PB and... PB!!! Your problem is that the Create Network command is specifically for creating direct computer-to-computer networks, without a base station. If your router is set to broadcast the SSID, it should appear by name above Other... If it's not set to broadcast SSID, then the Other... command is where you would go to fill in the SSID. SignatureMike Rosenberg <http://www.macconsult.com> Macintosh consulting services for NE Florida <http://bogart-tribute.net> Tribute to Humphrey Bogart Toyota Prius fans: Check out alt.autos.toyota.prius |
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