DUNNIT!!!
turns out that even thou it was 'connected' it wasn't and the reason
because I was entering the WEP 26 character key into the 'WEP 40/128-bit
ascii box instead of the WEP 40/128-bit HEX box....and when I did hey
presto!! it said it was all connected to the internet...so all good
thanks for all your help.
Mike
Michael Bradley wrote:
hmm, back to the task,,,getting somewhere though, I disabled the WEP
encription, and in 'internet connect' I was able to connect...well it
said that it was connected..I reenabled the wep on the AP and of
course I lost 'connection', then I managed to get it abck by entering
the 128 bit wep kep...so it's 'connected' again, according to aiport
status in intenet connect status...however...I'm not able to ping or
get any other signs of connection...BTW it connects fine when on the
Lan cable... I'm going to explore the rest of what Mark said...oh I'm
a bit of a bunny at this so please answer accordingly
Thanks in advance
Mike
assuming DHCP and you are using a normal wired broadband hub/router
and a separate wireless base station.
Fire up "Network Utility" and ping the wireless base station's IP
number (this is the IP number the basestation is configured to use
uses on the "wireless side" of the network (AKA the "router" IP ).
Then ping the broadband modem (the DNS server number in your airport
TCP/IP config)
if you can't ping the base-station then check your airport's TCP/IP
number is correct (if using dhcp then that it is with in the right
subnet and range) and check that the router matches the IP address of
the wireless side of the base station (rather than the IP address it
uses to talk to the broadband router)
also try pluging the laptop in to one of the spare lan ports on the
base station using the same settings on the ethernet port as the
wireless card,
If you can ping the basestation but not the DNS server (broadband
modem) check that the basestation is configured correctly on it's
downstream side that connects to the broadband modem(ie it's WAN port
side).
sorry got to go my self ..... this should help though
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