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    Problem with wireless connectivity on Mac + PC mixed network.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by mjoshi, Mar 26, 2009.

  1. mjoshi

    mjoshi Notebook Geek

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    I've home network with bunch of PCs on it. I've Verizon FIOS and they have provided wireless router. I've installed retail copy of OSX 10.5.6 on one of my system. Everything is working fine including wireless. It can see my existing wireless network. But when I try to connect it only allows me connecting using WEP. After I put in my security key it fails to connect. It does connect to open network in neighbourhood. Is there a way to make this work ? I've 3 other PC and all of them work fine on network. I tried restarting router but it is not making any difference.
    I tried connecting using ethernet and it worked fine. I got latest updates from Apple and that worked okay too.
     
    mjoshi, Mar 26, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Change the wifi password on your router to WPA or WPA2.
     
    Budding, Mar 26, 2009
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    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    Also make sure you have MAC filtering turned off... this is often on by default and can prevent you from connecting.
    Other things to try are to start with a completely open network (no password etc). And then start re-enabling the various security options one by one.
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    Underpantman, Mar 26, 2009
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  4. mjoshi

    mjoshi Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for information I'll give it a shot.
     
    mjoshi, Mar 26, 2009
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