Hi David, Just to check, have you updated your non-Apple wireless router to the latest firmware? From MacFixIt:
<begin excerpt> At the risk of being Ballmer-esque: Firmware, firmware, firmware! (clap hands). Out-of-date firmware can spell disaster for external devices under new iterations of Mac OS X, and 10.5.2 is no exception. One reader was having issues with wireless connectivity that were instantly resolved by updating his Verizon DSL modem's firmware <end excerpt> Also, I'm surprised that you were having difficulty changing to your encryption scheme. (I assume you were trying to use WEP, from your message). Could this be a problem in the format you were using to enter your encryption code? The first time I tried this I was confused by the fact that this can be entered either in ASCII or HEX format, and that different systems might use different default formats. See the Apple Document: "AirPort, Time Capsule: Joining an Encrypted Network" http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1126 If you are getting choppy signals, try turning your IPv6 settings off as described in this MacFixIt mini-tutorial: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070322005336248 <begin excerpt> Change your IPv6 settings In order to change this setting, open System Preferences then the Network pane and click on your currently used interface (Ethernet, AirPort, etc.). Click on the TCP/IP settings for the interface -- at the bottom if you see a button which says 'Configure IPv6...' click it make the setting "Off." Press the Apply Now button. <end excerpt> I should add that I've never had to do any of these things for my AirPort Express. The most I've had to do is cycle power if the connection dropped. Cheers, Esther On June 03, 2008, at 04:42AM, David Poehlman wrote: >Hi All, > >I won't bore you with the details, but for those who hav been following and >providing guidance, I thought I'd report on where things stand. > >I have two important devices on my network which cannot function on the >network with what the express needs/wants for encryption. I am still >working on this but did finally connect and was able to use the ae >wirelessly by using one of the versions of WPA on my router that it could >accept. It was a choppy signal though. This was on the Mac side. I don't >think that mattters though as if it gets set up, it should be reachable >either way. I will also bee looking at airfoil but it looks like I won't be >using my airport express unless I can find a way to use it that does not >kill the network access for the two devices on my system that do not play >well with higher than wep encryption. > >Thanks for all your help and further input is welcomed. > >One more observation,when I try to select a network before setting up the >parameters, vo crashes and I am placed back at the top of the list. >-- >Jonnie Appleseed >With His >Hands-On Technolog(eye)s >Reducing Technologies disabilities >one byte at a time > > > >
