WOW!! Utter tech dispair to confused jubilation in 60 seconds (the time for data input plus base station reset)! With the WEP off (reset by the iBook) the older Farallon card works!! Duh...not too much of a problem with most but and epiphany for low-tech Apple fans like me. So the range isn't that great - about 40ft down the thru the walls of two rooms- but who cares..it works!!!!
So now the 64 bit..uh...thousand dollar question. Without WEP what could a neighbor stumble across with his/her computer...will my base station show up on a "iLink" base station search? Doesn't someone still have to have the password to access or is that just to set the parameters of the base station? Don't get me wrong...I'm VERY HAPPY with the set up and the help for the list members but if I'm not going to get 128 bit cards (I have a new boss now..ain't marraige great?) then should I trade back to the graphite base station and have at least some level of WEP even though the rest of the world is pushing to 128-256? It's not like I have any sensitive stuff on my computers but then it's not like the neighborhood has any hackers/crackers.......does it?? I'm going back to the web site but does anyone know if Proxim has 128 bit cards? Even if I get another third party card I still have the problem of Proxim's PCI card slot in my TAM (it's shaping up to be a pretty neat legacy network...that is for not having very much sensitive info or great stuff on it). I wonder if it would foul everything up putting it in the Proxim PCI. It stands to reason that if it would work in the PC card slot of a notebook it should in the PCI adapter...the PCI card just simulates a PC card slot. For that matter is it cardbus enabled (whatever that means) and will it accept other cards (with the right driver)? Could I plug, say, a firewire or video or USB PCcard in? This would certainly solve upgrade problems? Anyway I'm off to the TAM to see if I can get that to work. Thanks everyone...I LOVE THIS LIST!!! Paul --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You can't use a 64-bit WEP card on a 128-bit WEP > network. > > Turn off WEP or get a more expensive card and you > should be good to go. > > -Andy > > On Sunday, August 11, 2002, at 02:26 PM, Paul Miller > wrote: > > <snip> > > > My last ditch effort is to "uncheck" the WEP box > on > > the iBook to reconfigure that into the snow base > > station and see if that does anything although I > doubt > > it. > > > > <snip> > > > ---------- > Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! > A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. > FAQ at > <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> > Be sure to visit Mac2400! > <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Need help from a real person? Try. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---------- > Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally > here! > MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> > > RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail > stores, $20 Traveler > CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at > <http://roadtools.com> > > Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> > After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook > 3400/200 Only $879! > Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
