Hello Jim,
Well, I have been following this thread and accordingly, I'll give you some
things to help you troubleshoot the problem you are experiencing, which, I
can say pretty definitely, 6.11 won't fix.
firstly, mac address filtering is usually turned off by default on routers
so unless your friend has turned this feature on for some reason, I
personally think this is unlikely to be the cause.
If entering the SSID manually, keep in mind that it is case sensitive.
Unhiding your SSID temporarily may be the answer here and scanning for it
should result in you having the exact SSID in your configuration.
When WEP was turned on, were you using 64 or 128 bit encryption? If 64 bit
encryption is being used, you need a 10 character key set on the
BrailleNote. This key can only consist of characters from 0 to 9 and a to
f.
If using a 128 bit encryption, you should have a key set with the same
limitations that is 26 characters in length.
The 802.11x authentication should be set to 0.
If you have any further queries, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Dean Jackson
Humanware
Christchurch
New Zealand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Good news, Bad News, Yet Disappointed
Hi Jeff,
You have an interesting possibility here! I'm trying to get my BN to work
on the wireless network, then hopefully I'll get my wife's unit to work on
the network as well so we will have two BN units that need to work with
the network. Hopefully, one can enter the codes for both cards. If it is
a general code that all ambicom cards have, then entering this code would
be a synch I suspect! I'll have my friend check this out!
Thanks for this possibility!
Jim Aldrich
At 03:20 PM 04/01/2005 , you wrote:
Hello Jim:
I have a VoiceNote with an Ambicom card and am connecting to my linksys
router with no difficulty. The 10 digit WEP key (Unfortunately) is still
visible even after entry. If the WEP code is a 10 digit code and has only
digits 0 thru 9 and/or letters A thru F in it, then it probably already
is
in Hexadecimal so no conversion should be necessary.
When you set up your router, did you use something called MAC address
filtering?? Mac address filtering is basically giving the router a list
of
authorized network access devices that can access the internet. Each
device
(Network card, modems, and yes, wireless access cards) have a unique MAC
address usually written on a sticker somewhere on the device. In the case
of
the Ambicom card, the code is on a sticker on the bottom. On the sticker,
there are two bar codes, underneath the top bar code is the MAC address
which is a 12 digit code usually beginning with 00. Sorry, but you WILL
need sighted assistance for this one. There is currently not a way in the
Keysoft environment to read the MAC address like there is under windows.
You should go to the configuration page for your router and see if MAC
filtering is enabled. ON my router, the MAC address filtering is under
the
wireless tab. The list of authorized MAC address is on a linked page
right
next to the choice of whether or not to enable it. If it is, find the
list
on that same page or on a linked page and add the MAC address of the
Ambicom
card. IN the case of my Linksys router, the digits are entered in pairs
separated by colons (:).
If you do not have MAC filtering enabled, then disregard everything above
and we'll keep working at it.
hth
Jeff
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