Hello Doctor... We'll get to the bottom of this.
First: Is WEP encryption activated on the AirPort base station? If it is, you will probably have to have the AirPort Admin Utility generate a WEP key to enter into your PC client. (Note: This 'key' is not the same as the password you enter in the utility, it's a hexadecimal string.) In the OS X version of the AirPort utility, there is an icon in the toolbar once you've opened up your base station config labeled "Password". When you click on it, the program will display the WEP key. You then enter that into your PC client. If your OEM Lucent client is the same as mine, you edit your profile then in the "encryption" tab, enter the key. It will then work (if that was the problem).
Good luck--
--Jesse
On Monday, May 27, 2002, at 07:24PM, Donald T. Stewart, MD <DonS_at_PineLakeMed.com> wrote:
>
>Does anyone have experience connecting PCs running XP with 802.11b cards
>with Airport basestations? One of my employees bought a new Fujitsu
>B-series Lifebook with on-board Prism wireless lan and XP Professional.
>
>http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=AB
>
> This is a great little windows box, and it connects to our Lucent
>Residential Basestation at the office with no problems (supposedly the same
>hardware as Airport Basestation). Her home is all Mac, (and her husband was
>the one who talked me into buying my first Newton), and has an Airport
>wireless Lan.
>
>The problem is that the Fujitsu doesn't seem to recognize the Airport
>Network, even when other network cards are used. I briefly brought in my
>own (much older) Fujitsu B-142 with XP, and my Hawking 802.11b card was able
>to tell that there was an Apple network around, though it wouldn't accept
>DHCP settings from the Apple Network. My own suspicion is that there is
>something about the configuration of the Airport Basestation or the Linksys
>router that is keeping other machines off her network, but her "computer
>guy" claims that her problem was that the Fujitsu just isn't compatible with
>Apple networking. He also says that if her machine had Win2000, it would
>probably work.
>
>This makes no sense to me. We are using TCP/IP at the office with no
>trouble, and all we want to do is connect to the internet through her
>router. Any suggestions?
>
>BTW, for my own home network I use a Compaq WL400 access point that I got
>off e-bay for about $90.00 several months ago, and it works fine connecting
>my XP PC's, my 2100, Basilisk, and several Mac's.
>
>Donald T. Stewart, MD
>
>
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