At 11:43 PM -0400 8/14/03, Victoria Y. Chow wrote: >hi, i read the thread started by ryan and i'm still having trouble >encrypting my airport card. i have a similar SMC wireless router and both >pc and ibook laptops. my airport software is version 2.1.1 and my >question is: > >can i use a simple passphrase?
no. > what i mean is, on the pulldown menue of >the airport icon, i can select password (in addition to 40-bit hex, >40-bit ASCII, 128-bi hex, 128-bit ASCII). however, when i type in the >"passphrase" it tells me the password is incorrect. i tried using a $ sign >but that didn't seem to work either. Apple is using the password you enter as a seed to produce a 128 bit encryption code using their own proprietary algorithm. If you use third party equipment, then you need to use a hex password, because the third party equipment doesn't know how to hash the Apple password to make it into the right 128 bit code. So don't use a $ on your third party equipment and do use it on your Apple setup. > >someone said they had both PCs and mac's set-up with WEP - any advice?? >i prefer using a passphrase/password because when friends come over they >can easily get onto the network rather than using a hex. am i wrong? Try $deadbeef, $feed1dad or something like that. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
