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dpaanlka
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on: October 06, 2007, 21:23
Well this is just a quick post from my old 1400c, which is now talking just fine to my Apple Airport Extreme N base station over a password protected network. I'll be making a page about it later, but basically this is what you have to do: The default wireless security setting of the Extreme N base station is WPA Personal, which System 7 cannot work with. You have to use the OS X Airport admin utility to manually change this setting to WEP Transitional, and give your wireless network a password that is exactly 13 characters in length. On the System 7 side, you have to configure the WaveLAN control panel to use security, and type in the 13-character password as Key 1. You also have to manually type in the SSID (Network Name) into the appropriate box, and restart. It all works good now using my Orinoco Gold card - pretty cool! I presume it would be the same with earlier Airport Base Stations. I find third party routers to be troublesome... I mustsay after six routers finally buying an Apple one was the right decision, it is a dream to work with compared to LinkSys, SMC, and Netgear alternatives. |
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douglas
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32 MB Posts: 44
Reply #1 on: October 07, 2007, 00:34
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Thats interesting that you had problems with 3rd party routers. I had the opposite experience. I purchased an Airport Express and had (have) a ton of trouble getting the stupid thing working properly, but I purchased a Belkin wireless router and it worked flawlessly out of the box, with hardly any setup required. Glad the airport worked for you though!! Douglas 
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #2 on: October 07, 2007, 00:56
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Quote from: "douglas" Thats interesting that you had problems with 3rd party routers. I had the opposite experience. I purchased an Airport Express and had (have) a ton of trouble getting the stupid thing working properly, but I purchased a Belkin wireless router and it worked flawlessly out of the box, with hardly any setup required. I find that hard to understand - the Apple airport software is so user friendly what problems did you have? I hear about people not liking their Airport products but I am like so glad I have this now after putting up with crap routers for years.
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douglas
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32 MB Posts: 44
Reply #3 on: October 07, 2007, 04:01
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I'm not sure what the problem is, but get this...My newer 1Ghz G4 iMac airport utility will NOT connect to my Airport express to allow me to change any of the settings, but my old 466Mhz G3 iBook will connect to the Airport Express?!?! What the hell? I have to break out my older, slower system to access the Express while my newer system gives me an error whenever I try and connect. However, since the Belkin wireless router is accessed using a web browser, no problem! Computers...gotta love em. Douglas
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #4 on: October 07, 2007, 05:05
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Quote from: "douglas" I'm not sure what the problem is, but get this...My newer 1Ghz G4 iMac airport utility will NOT connect to my Airport express to allow me to change any of the settings, but my old 466Mhz G3 iBook will connect to the Airport Express?!? Not to trivialize your experiences, but Airport Express ≠ Airport Base Station. Its the very fact that the Apple Utility is not browser-based that makes the whole Base Station so enjoyable to use. What your describing sounds like a configuration issue, rather than an actual problem with the Airport. There have been multiple versions of the Airport utility released.
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