Hi David, I'm still surprised about the difficulties using your AirPort Express joined to your NetGear router when you use WPA encryption, since you've been able to get it working under WEP. However, today's MacInTouch reader report about "Mac Marginalization" had some dismaying news about NetGear's future support (or lack thereof) plans for the Mac:
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/macmarginalization/index.html#d19jun2008 (MacInTouch Reader Reports: Mac Marginatlization) <begin excerpt> I have a very nice NetGear Router, an FR114. So, wanting a wireless router, I bought a NetGear WNR834M. It was very nice, and very fast, although it would only accept ten expressions in the "block these sites" feature, whereas the old one I had would accept an unlimited number. BUT - although I was able to store the router configuration settings, I was completely unable to restore them! Worse, I was also unable to upgrade the firmware, leaving me stuck with the original version (there have been FIVE upgrades published since the original). I contacted tech support for NetGear. They replied promptly (although they insisted on phone communication instead of the email that I prefer). Unfortunately their reply was, incredibly, that those two features, upgrade and setting restoration, were supported *only using Windows*! Moreover they stated that they had no plans to ever support the Mac - or Unix of Linux for that matter! <end excerpt> Cheers, Esther On June 16, 2008, at 06:11AM, David Poehlman wrote: >Hi Tim, > >I reset it with the reset button and plugged it into the cabel modem. The >address is dhcp and dynamic so once it found the ae, my modem allowed me to >connect to the internet and I was able to access the ae from all of my >computers with a security of none. I was able to use airtunes just fine. I >went through the setup and chose join a wireless network, web 128-bit which >is what I am trying now due to device constraints. It failed to come back >once the settings were updated. I am really at a loss now but there is one >more thing I might try. I was able to set up my printer wirelessly so do >not understand why the AE will not come back after being updated. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tim Kilburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by >theblind" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:09 AM >Subject: Re: summary of progress to date:Re: How >tosetupAirTunesStreamingwithan AirPort Express >(long)[wasRe:AirPortStreaminginiTunes[wasRe:NavigatingwithVO+arrowkeysandalternatives[wasRe:voiceoverquestion]]] > > >Hi David, > >• When you connect the AE directly to the cable modem, did you mean >that the AE would not broadcast properly? > >• Was that with a fresh configuration of the AE? > >• Do you have a static or dynamic IP with your ISP? > >Later... > >Tim Kilburn >& Carter the Canine >Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > > > > >
