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First time Mac User can't connect to wireless network at home
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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 274280" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>Windows and OS X are equally annoying at hiding this kind of stuff from users. The best way to look at the key is to log onto the the router itself.</p><p></p><p>She should open up a copmmand window (Start -> Run type "cmd" without the quotes and press enter). In the command box she should type "ipconfig"). The ip address of the computer and router will appear, as well as other data. In her browser (IE or Firefox) she should type the address of the router, likely something like 192.168.x.x and this should log her on to the router itself. There may be a username and password to type.</p><p></p><p>In the router, somewhere under wireless settings/security (or something similar) you'll see the WEP security and should be able to view it as either a password or HEX-128bit/64-bit. Select the latter and you'll see a string of hex characters. This is what you need to type into your Mac, ensuring you select the same protocol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 274280, member: 21101"] Windows and OS X are equally annoying at hiding this kind of stuff from users. The best way to look at the key is to log onto the the router itself. She should open up a copmmand window (Start -> Run type "cmd" without the quotes and press enter). In the command box she should type "ipconfig"). The ip address of the computer and router will appear, as well as other data. In her browser (IE or Firefox) she should type the address of the router, likely something like 192.168.x.x and this should log her on to the router itself. There may be a username and password to type. In the router, somewhere under wireless settings/security (or something similar) you'll see the WEP security and should be able to view it as either a password or HEX-128bit/64-bit. Select the latter and you'll see a string of hex characters. This is what you need to type into your Mac, ensuring you select the same protocol. [/QUOTE]
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