>On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 05:42 PM, Ruffin Bailey wrote: > >> I bagged a Silver Orinoco card from eBay to try and follow the >> instructions I found here: >> >> http://www.penmachine.com/techie/airport1400.html >> >> ... and have a few questions. >> >> I'm using OS 8.1 on my PB1400, and would like to stay there for the >> time being. Has anyone used the WavLAN version 6 drivers with success >> (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4835)? I tried >> putting in my network's name in the control panel, but didn't get any >> response. The version 7 Orinoco drivers require 8.6.
If you haven't already, turn off WEP and the MAC ID access restriction feature on the wireless router. turn off WEP on the powerbook drivers. See if your remote powerbook can connect/surf. If no, then there's something else to resolve :) If yes, first add back the MAC ID restriction (if you want to use it) and make sure you were typing THAT stuff correctly. then turn on WEP and go, making sure the router only wants 64bit WEP since the silver card cannot do 128. The drivers I use on my Newton and the 1400 (but the 1400 is 9.1, and I forget which version I have on it- I think still the v6 WaveLAN though) might need a 0x prefix typed into the client side if it's going to be 128 bit, and not included for 64 bit (which would be your case). I forget- but you don't want that tip anyway with your Silver card. Remember that when you are keying these things, only zero (0) thru nine (9) and A-F (use all one case, just to be consistent, although I do not think it matters) are valid. If you were reading a zero as an 'oh' (O) then that was the reason :) Really I see no real purpose to leaving WEP on, about 100k packets is all the decryption util needs to break your WEP key anyway. You can restrict via MAC address to keep honest people out; neither security feature will keep off anyone who wants in. Your MAC address is in the clear on headers, so they can sniff and copy valid MAC addresses, and the WEP thing just takes a little time to break. Although one would think their would be some extra packet loss if they were cloning your MAC address while you were online wirelessly, too... HTH. 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
