Tim. That's a brilliant explanation. I was also wondering about the confusion with 80211G protocol and 54MB speed? I had a similar wireless issue recently after doing a software update. For some reason or other I got a system window asking if I wanted to update my keychain items, which would obviously include my WEP key. I accepted it, but still couldn't connect to the network. I had to resort to opening up the system preferences and bringing up the properties for my Airport connection. It was only when I saw that everything was fine and went to close the preferences window that I got another system alert telling me that something had changed and asking if I wanted to keep the changes to my keychain. Obviously I agreed to the dialog and finally managed to access my wireless router. So maybe that's all that's required in this case. I didn't even have to re-enter the WEP key. It was just that the keychain hadn't updated itself properly. Hope this helps.
Cheers Thuy On 15/05/2008, Tim Kilburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, > > Søren asked: One of my friends have just bought a Mac. He have a new > router >>>>>>>>> which only supports 802 11 g. When he try to log on his >>>>>>>>> wireless >>>>>>>>> network, he got a timeout. We have been through all network >>>>>>>>> settings, but we can't find any settings to fix the problem. >>>>>>>>> Does >>>>>>>>> the Mac not support 802 11 g? He have the newest Mac Book. > > TK: The MacBook supports A, B, G and N protocols. I connect to > 802.11G networks all the time with MacBooks and iMacs. >>>>>>>> > Erik responded: The more I hear about this, the more it sounds like > it could be a security problem. I'm guessing as soon as he turns off > wpa, boom, in he goes. > > TK: I tend to agree although I've not seen this problem on the Mac > much if ever. I've seen it occur on Windows often but it's the first > time I've seen it on the Mac. > > EB: Although, I'm still wondering why he's using 11g and not 54g. > > TK: Erik, I think that you're confusing things a little. 802.11G is > the protocol, 54 is it's link speed. As far as I'm aware, 54G is just > one of those names that Linksys gave a router that stuck. The newest > standard is 802.11N which still in short form would be 11N with a link > speed of 130 MS/s. > > Sorry if I'm being critical here, I just thought I'd clear this up. >>>>>>>>> > Later... > >>>>>>>>> Tim Kilburn > > & Carter the Canine > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >
