Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Mike Baker wrote: > >> The PCI card "sees" the base station but it won't connect to it. The >> Internet Utility helper doesn't help since the adapter is not an >> Airport card and the connection is not made through an ethernet port >> or >> internal modem. So right now the adapter is about as useful as a >> brick. Any advice on getting it to connect to the base station? I >> did install the software that came with the card.
In any event, try turning any encryption in the base station off until you get the adapter working. Are you seeing a signal from the base station? What does the card's utility software show? > > If you're using a WEP or WPA password, you may have to specify it > differently than you would an Airport, by specifying that it's hex or > ascii key. ISTR you preface the WEP key with $ or possibly 0x to > specify a hex key. > > Look in the manual that came with the card. That's true with WEP. I haven't encountered any WPA stuff that doesn't use the same ASCII to hex/binary conversion process. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
