Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-14 Thread iJohn
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > It also allows something called WPA, a "preshared key for home network" and > Wireless MAC Address Authorization. When it comes to security my understanding is that WPA2 is better than WPA is better than WEP. As I've said in the past, no on

Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-14 Thread Bill Connelly
On May 14, 2010, at 1:55 AM, iJohn wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: May be this would be better asked on a router forum? You could try the General Wireless Discussion section of http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com You'd find limited experience with Mac's there,

Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread iJohn
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > > May be this would be better asked on a router forum? > You could try the General Wireless Discussion section of http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com You'd find limited experience with Mac's there, but they would understand the windows and ro

Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread Bill Connelly
On May 13, 2010, at 10:45 PM, iJohn wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: His machine see's my wireless connection SSID, so is it my Mac that isn't configured just right? Is this the Win7 laptop which sees your Wireless Access Points (WAP) SSID Yes. If I

Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread iJohn
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > His machine see's my wireless connection SSID, so is it my Mac that isn't > configured just right? Is this the Win7 laptop which sees your Wireless Access Points (WAP) SSID -irrational john -- You received this message because you ar

Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread Bill Connelly
I set up my wireless Versalink router using my DA Dual 533 G4 under OS X 10.5.8. My new roomie's iTouch is seen by my router's browser window, but I cannot see his Gateway Laptop running Windoze 7. I give the iTouch permission to connect using its Mac Address, but no Mac Address shows up