Re: [NTLK] Airport Extreme breaks WaveLAN compatibility?

From: Brian Parker (bunnyboy_at_sealiecomputing.com)
Date: Thu Dec 18 2003 - 08:43:25 PST


I have also had this problem, using WaveLan Silver card. I think
having WEP off worked. Maybe Airport Extreme base station has problems
with 40bit WEP?

Brian Parker
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On Dec 17, 2003, at 11:33 PM, Steven Frank wrote:

> It's been a while since I used my Newton, but as far as I remember,
> when last I used it, my wireless networking was functional. It no
> longer seems to want to work. Doesn't look like it's getting an
> address from the DHCP server. Eventually the connect attempt just
> times out.
>
> One thing has changed since last time I used this -- I upgraded to an
> Airport Extreme base station (from a 2nd rev "Snow" Airport base
> station).
>
> I may be barking up the wrong tree, but has anyone else upgraded to an
> AEBS from an earlier model base station and suddenly lost their Newton
> wireless connectivity? The base station is configured the same as the
> old one. My WEP key, etc, is the same as before. I've even put it in
> "802.11b only" mode, to no avail. I'm using an SMC 2632W card in the
> Newt.
>
> Steven

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