Re: Airport network problem

[Cheryl Goody]

Thanks to all who replied with various solutions. It was indeed a password
problem, which was solved by my son who changed the password to HEX format
for 40-bit WEP: ten characters selected from alpha A to G and numeric 1 to
9. Everyone is now happily online!

> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:48:22 -0500
> From: John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Airport network problem
> In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> try starting here.
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300661
> 
> Also I had to use Hex vs ASCII for password mode in order to connect
> to a "Windows" router.
> It has something to do with how the Mac & Windows handle password
> encoding differently.
> 
> John
> 
> On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:12 PM, Cheryl Goody wrote:
> 
>> Here's the problem. We have an airport network: original Airport base
>> station (bought in 2000, Graphite?), Linksys "hub" (2000),
>> PowerBook G3
>> running OS X 10.3.9 with old (2000) Airport card, iMac G4 same OS
>> hooked to
>> RoadRunner cable modem by ethernet, and a brand new Airport Express
>> hooked
>> to stereo system downstairs. All of this works great. Without any
>> security
>> enabled, my niece, who is staying with us for a couple months and
>> has a Sony
>> Vaio laptop running XP, could see the network and join in sharing our
>> internet connection with no problem. But when we enabled the
>> security so the
>> rest of the neighborhood couldn't join in, she could still see the
>> network
>> with good signal, but couldn't get in. With the old Airport, we are
>> limited
>> to WEP 40-bit encryption and I gave her the correct 13-character
>> password
>> (all alpha in this case), but she still can't get on. Any
>> suggestions? (I'm
>> in Digest Mode.)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Cheryl


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Airport network problem

[Cheryl Goody]

Here's the problem. We have an airport network: original Airport base
station (bought in 2000, Graphite?), Linksys "hub" (2000), PowerBook G3
running OS X 10.3.9 with old (2000) Airport card, iMac G4 same OS hooked to
RoadRunner cable modem by ethernet, and a brand new Airport Express hooked
to stereo system downstairs. All of this works great. Without any security
enabled, my niece, who is staying with us for a couple months and has a Sony
Vaio laptop running XP, could see the network and join in sharing our
internet connection with no problem. But when we enabled the security so the
rest of the neighborhood couldn't join in, she could still see the network
with good signal, but couldn't get in. With the old Airport, we are limited
to WEP 40-bit encryption and I gave her the correct 13-character password
(all alpha in this case), but she still can't get on. Any suggestions? (I'm
in Digest Mode.)

Thanks,
Cheryl


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Blank disks solved!

[Cheryl Goody]

Thanks for all the suggestions -- I found the solution on the QPS website.
When in doubt, reset. In this case that means, shutting whole system down,
powering off the burner, unplugging firewire at both ends, waiting at least
15 seconds, plugging everything back in, powering on burner, then booting
system back up. Bingo -- the finder now politely asks me what to do with a
blank disk! Still don't know what caused the problem in the first place.
When doing Software Updates, are firewire devices supposed to be unplugged?

Cheryl


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Re: Blank disks not recognized

[Cheryl Goody]

Ok, so I tried PatchBurn, even thought the QPS (my external Firewire drive
brand) website says the drive should be supported by OS X. PatchBurn did not
find any writers. See applicable quote from their website below:

>>>PatchBurn 3 does not find any writer, although it is connected and switched
on. It asks me to save and send the logfile.
>>>A: This issue mostly appears with older CD writers connected via USB (like
Freecom, HP, Mitsumi, QPS or Sony) or SCSI. In Mac-OS X you will need a special
low level driver for the USB or SCSI interface. Contact the support of the
drives vendor to get this driver. After installing it, your writer should appear
in PatchBurn.

Both drives used to work fine -- this is a new issue. Both drives show up in
the System Profiler. I can't burn anything if the machine won't recognize
blanks!

Cheryl

> So if you don't have a CD or DVD burner then how do you expect to burn blank
> CDs? And why worry that the system can't find the blanks? Or am I missing
> something??
> 
> If you have an older CD burner try PatchBurn anyway.
> 
> John 
> 
> It is possible you have a hardware problem but it is quite possible we
>> are both unaware of some other sort of solution.
>> 
>> Amber
>> 
>> Misery loves company, I guess. Don¹t see how it could be a hardware problem
>> in my case since both my internal and external drives are behaving the same
>> way!
>> 
> Total guess, have you tried http://www.patchburn.de/ ?
>> 
>> According to their website,
>> 
>> Q: Does PatchBurn support CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives?
>> A: No, PatchBurn only supports CDRW and DVD writers. CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives
>> won't need PatchBurn. Since they are read only devices, they should be
>> supported by Mac-OS X right out of the box.
>> 
>> So no soap there either.
>> 
>> Cheryl
>> 


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Blank disks not recognized

[Cheryl Goody]

>>>It is possible you have a hardware problem but it is quite possible we
are both unaware of some other sort of solution.

Amber

Misery loves company, I guess. Don¹t see how it could be a hardware problem
in my case since both my internal and external drives are behaving the same
way!

>>>Total guess, have you tried http://www.patchburn.de/ ?

According to their website,

Q: Does PatchBurn support CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives?
A: No, PatchBurn only supports CDRW and DVD writers. CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives
won't need PatchBurn. Since they are read only devices, they should be
supported by Mac-OS X right out of the box.

So no soap there either.

Cheryl


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Blank disks not recognized

[Cheryl Goody]

Aloha Group!

My first post although I've been lurking for quite a while and have learned
loads. Tried my local user group, but so far no solution.

This is a new problem for me -- I've never seen it before. Whenever I insert
a blank disk in my PowerBook (Pismo) or in my external QueFire burner, it is
not recognized. Tried three different blanks, and none showed up in Finder
or anywhere. But when I inserted the same disk in my iMac G4 (Manapua), it
pops right up with a message asking what to do with it. Things I've already
tried: checking the CD/DVD System Preferences, Repairing Permissions,
restarting, and logging on as another user. CDs with information on them are
readily recognized. And when I tried using Disk Utility to make a disk image
out of the disk I want to copy, the program makes the requested disk image,
but then the Burn icon is grayed out! What is going on here?

My system looks like this:

PowerBook G3 400
576 MB memory
40 MB internal HD
160 MB external HD
Matsushita internal CD/DVD drive
QueFire External Cd-RW drive
External monitor and keyboard
Airport network
System 10.3.8
(Imac is still running Jaguar)

Thanks,
Cheryl

P.S. I'm in Digest Mode, so direct reply appreciated.


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