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Linksys WPC11 v4 connecting to Apple Airport problems

I just got a Linksys WPC11 v4 802.11b card for an old laptop I just got handed down. My home network already had an Apple Airport hooked up that worked with my fiance's Apple iBook. When I initially got the laptop (a Celeron 366 Thinkpad) it was running Windows ME, and I tried installing the card under there. It installed fine, and I even got it to connect to the Airport with a strong signal, but it was never able to communicate on the network. I initially tried setting a static IP, in which case the Thinkpad could ping it's own IP, but nothing else on the network, not even the Airport. So then I tried turning on DHCP on the Airport, and the laptop wasn't even getting a IP from the Airport. So then I did a fresh install of Windows XP on this laptop, and installed the drivers, and I had the same problems. Static IP couldn't ping anything else on the network, and it wouldn't get a DHCPed IP. As stated above, the Airport works fine with my fiance's iBook, so that can't be the problem. Anyone have any suggestions for me?

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joltman
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If you have loaded XP do you have sufficient RAM? My old 390E(Celeron

366) only had 32MB.The i series may have had 64MB.
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Bob II

It has 64MB, but as stated the problem existed in ME too, so I can't imagine that would be the problem.

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joltman

This spec applies to Home and Pro

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Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended

128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)

Since it states that 64MB RAM may limit performance and some features I would not consider trying to find the problem while XP is installed as I do not no what limitations would be applied.

Bob

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Bob II

Well, one thing I forgot to mention was that the Airport was using WEP, and when I turned that off, it connected with no problem. Anyone have any ideas why the Linksys WPC11 would have problems using WEP with an Apple Airport?

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joltman

There is often device interaction problems if an ASCII phrase was used to generate the WEP Key.It is advisable when using different manf'rs to only use HEX 0-9 and A-F.

Bob

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Bob II

I think the Airport only let's you set up WEP with an ASCII phrase though, I'll try to look into it more when I get home tonight.

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joltman

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Bob

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Bob II

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