>So it all works, airport base station connected att broadband, tibook with >airport card, 2400 with skyline, 1400 with silver orinoco and 7.2 >drivers...all if you give up WEP...go figure >
My take from emails that I didn't post to the list, you might be able to use WEP if you use the 6.04, and maybe not if you use the 7.2. I got things going with 128 bit encryption with the 6.04 so just left it alone (although I'm not using WEP now). WEP 128 bit and the 6.04 drivers work with my gold card (the silver would be 40 or 64 bit or whatever). There was one goofy thing about entering the WEP key on the 1400 6.04 drivers though. It didn't tell you precisely but even though I needed 26? 28? ( I forget) characters for the WEP decryption key, on the powerbook I also had to prefix them with 0x (that's zero x) for the 128 bit encryption to work (and thus to let me connect properly). IIRC the instructions made it seem like the 0x was included in the char count but really is was in addition. If you play with it the instructions in the earlier posts about removing/disabling any 7.2 extensions before trying the 6.04 are likely worth following. The way I look at it, since the WEP key for either encryption strength is broken, anyone bothering with the equipment to sniff wireless packets is also going to be decrypting them too. But you can keep unauth. users from just using your bandwith without the WEP anyway with MAC address restrictions. They can go to a coffeeshop or wherever for their free connection :) Brian -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
