Airport connection problems, urgent help required!

[Mac_OS]

Hi everyone, you may have seen me before on these forums quite alot recently that's because i just purchased my first mac (white macbook 2.16ghz) um basically i am trying to connect to a linksys wireless g router (they are quite a popular box i believe) and everytime i go to connect it asks me for a WEP password i know what the password is and i enter it accordingly. Now i know this pass is correct because other people in the house have used it for their laptops. However, they all use windows laptops ( i know i know) do i have to enter a different password because i use a mac? Are there any other possibilities as to why my airport is playing up? I have had this problem with other networks i know the password to but i can connect no problem to unsecured networks.

Thanks for all help.........

Jordan

 

[Reel1]

This may help you

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424

 

[cwa107]

You might also want to check out the Wireless Networking FAQ, which addresses some of these concerns - in particular, I would definitely get rid of WEP encryption and switch to WPA2 (that router should support it).

 

[Mac_OS]

its not my router so i dont have free access to tamper with it.

 

[cwa107]

its not my router so i dont have free access to tamper with it.

Who's router is it?

 

[Mac_OS]

my mums friends, we are staying at their house in spain

 

[cwa107]

my mums friends, we are staying at their house in spain

You'll be doing them a favor if you ask your mum's friends to change their security to WPA. If you're using WEP, you may as well have no security set up at all.