Problem connecting to Airport with Windows - What's a WEP?

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Aaron Mayfield

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I recently purchased a MacBook Pro - I can connect to the internet through my Airport Extreme - no problem. But I'm having problems connecting when I'm booted up in Windows. Its asking me for WEP Key...I don't know what that is - and I can't find anything in the manuals. Anyone know what I need to do?
 
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Aaron Mayfield said:
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro - I can connect to the internet through my Airport Extreme - no problem. But I'm having problems connecting when I'm booted up in Windows. Its asking me for WEP Key...I don't know what that is - and I can't find anything in the manuals. Anyone know what I need to do?
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What ed724 said, it's a type of encryption. All its asking for is the password key to connect to your router. Enter it in Windows (Network Connections) and they'll play fine. :)
 
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you must have set up WEP on your Airport when you first set it up -- check to see if what the password is using the Network utility under System Preferences.
 

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