Using Thinkpad R50 Wi-Fi with Linksys WAP
I just bought a IBM Thinkpad R50 computer which has the built in Wi-Fi
b/g. As well, I have a linksys WAP that I was using with my previous laptop that had a Linksys Wireless-G card and it worked fine. I am having trouble setting the Thinkpad up to work though. I have tried it without any encryption and it works fine. Yet I don't want to go without encryption but I see a lot in the linksys manual about WEP/passphrase not being compatible with most non-linksys products so does this mean I can't use any type of encryption or is there some way around this? The manual mentions manually entering but I'm confused about what I'm supposed to do. I know I could just use my Linksys wireless-g card but I would rather use the built in networking if possible. |
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:46:36 GMT, MarkW
wrote: I just bought a IBM Thinkpad R50 computer which has the built in Wi-Fi b/g. As well, I have a linksys WAP that I was using with my previous laptop that had a Linksys Wireless-G card and it worked fine. I am having trouble setting the Thinkpad up to work though. I have tried it without any encryption and it works fine. Yet I don't want to go without encryption but I see a lot in the linksys manual about WEP/passphrase not being compatible with most non-linksys products so does this mean I can't use any type of encryption or is there some way around this? The manual mentions manually entering but I'm confused about what I'm supposed to do. I know I could just use my Linksys wireless-g card but I would rather use the built in networking if possible. The WEP standard calls for a HEX key. There are manufacturers, like linksys, that will take a passphrase and through their own special bit of code turn it into a HEX key. They do this because phrases are easier to remember than a group of HEX digits. It also makes it easier to stick with just their equipment. The thing is, once you come up with the random HEX digits, you only need to do that once, and then you enter them in each device. Just don't use a passphrase, use HEX and enter the same digits in each device JT |
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