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Salvation122
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So I've got a new modem and router that I just set up today. They work fine for all the computers in the house, save for the roommate's Mac laptop.
The router's using a 64-bit WEP, on the third key index. After entering the WEP and setting key index to 3, every other machine in the house connects to the network fine. Entering the WEP on the Mac's network settings page issues an immediate timeout error "limited or no connectivity," or something along those lines. I've tried entering the WEP in both upper and lower case, and even preceded it with a dollar sign as suggested here. I cannot seem to find a place to set the key index.
Halp.
The router's using a 64-bit WEP, on the third key index. After entering the WEP and setting key index to 3, every other machine in the house connects to the network fine. Entering the WEP on the Mac's network settings page issues an immediate timeout error "limited or no connectivity," or something along those lines. I've tried entering the WEP in both upper and lower case, and even preceded it with a dollar sign as suggested here. I cannot seem to find a place to set the key index.
Halp.
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http://domster83.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/how-to-configure-wireless-with-64-bit-wep-on-mac-os-x/
this sounded reasonable. Why? I have no idea, but I'd try this.
If you rotate your key, you'll probably have to add a new connection for each key and then switch them every time. Apple doesn't let you specify indexes.
No, it does not.
It seems like the only way to get this to work is to use Key 1, rather than Key 3, or swap to WPA or another encryption protocol. This is because Apple is fucking retarded.
It just works except when you don't want to do the default thing
And I recommend swapping to WPA anyway, because WEP is poop. From a butt.
I know people who seem to exclusively access the internet through their neighbour's WEP-secured wifi.
To be fair, multiple key indexes were not a part of the official WEP standard. In addition, as was mentioned, they do not really provide any additional security.
That said, this is correct. The only way to get WEP to work on a Mac is to use Key 0.
edit: I apologize...I had some free time this morning and read through the WEP standard, and the multiple key indexes are indeed part of the original standard. Turning Apple fanboy mode off, bad Apple.
That said, I guess I'll hop to WPA anyway, because Apple is a bunch of tards and I'm tired of my roomie stealing the 50' CAt-5 cable that's supposed to be hooked to the 360.
Nobody next door gets internet access through my gigabit wired only router. Take that freebooters.
But yeah, switch to WPA and don't try using WEP with rotating keys on a mac.
http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html