Hi there,
I have two apple laptops coming into our work network - one is an oldish IBook with an original Airport card which supports 64bit WEP and the other is a brand new IBook with 128bit WEP security. Our wireless network router is a belkin but only allows us to set 64 bit OR 128 bit - is there anyway of allowing either of these computers onto the network whilst securing it?
Thanks
Wesley
sure - update the firmware on the airport card and you'll get 128 bit wep. if you are running mac os x 10.3 (panther) you will even get wpa too.
run software update and select all of the airport related items. you may want to update the other stuff too. note that you may need to run the updater a few times, as some updates require earlier updates.
it is also wise to run disk utility before updating to be sure there are no major disk problems which can potentially affect system software changes (and anything else for that matter).
Upgrade the OS on the older iBook, if necessary, so that it will have a recent version of the AirPort driver. Any AirPort card can do WEP 128 or WPA.
Yes, use 64-bit on both cards. But remember that WEP is about as secure as a chocolate safe.
Thanks for your time
Cheers Mark
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