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Netgear wireless and Airport
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I just installed a new Netgear wireless router in my home office. Both wired (ethernet) machines are working fine. My iBook (os x.2) is now connecting fine via airport, with 40-bit encryption enabled. However, my wife's older iBook with os9 will not connect. For some reason the network will neither accept the password or the "key" that is generated. Does anyone know how I can configure it to connect?
Thanks!
impact07
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Bloomington, MN
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Hi - I am probably wrong, but did you try entering the "$" in front of the password that was generated? If it is similar to what happened to me, that worked. I learned that here on the Forum from GHPorter or aaanorton. If I misunderstood the problem, sorry to have wasted your time.
Good luck!
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She's too happy!
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Bird's probably right. The password/network key entry for the iBook needs to be preceded by a '$' to tell the AirPort card to treat the key as hex, rather than text. Give it a try and let us know if it works.
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Hey, it worked!!! 
Thanks for you help!
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YEEHAW!!!
I guess I am 'teachable' after all - I have learned so much from this Forum! I must again credit GHPorter because he is the one I learned that from. And I have to use it every month when I change my hex key. Congrats!
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