Well, I just lucked onto the answer following my second Google search. Some person said, "You may have to put a $ before your password." How simple! I put a $ before the password, and the Airport card activated. How weird.
-- Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:35 PM Subject: Using iBook Airport With Wi-Fi Network > Okay, I'm stumped. I've got an just-obtained iBook 700 (OS X -- 10.1.3) with > built-in Airport card. I'm having no success connecting it to my local > network, which the Airport card "sees" as an Airport Network. I select my > local Wi-Fi network name and put in the 10-character WEP password. After a > pause, the iBook says I've entered the wrong password. Searches through the > built-in Help menu offer no clues. > > I've got a hybrid ethernet/wireless access point network. The Wi-Fi is > 802.11b, fed by a Netgear Wireless Access Point, running on Channel 8. > > It was very easy to connect a PB1400 with Skyline Proxim 802.11b card and a > Compaq with Microsoft 802.11b card, as well as a couple of PCs elsewhere in > the house, to the Wi-Fi side of my network. But I have no idea why the iBook > Airport won't hook up. I'm a newbie to Airport cards. What am I missing? > > The iBook connects to the Internet through ethernet just fine, by the way. > But I'd like to use the Airport for portability. > > Thanks for enlightening this iBook Airport neophyte. > > -- Jim > > > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
