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December 11th, 2004, 01:38 PM
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| "There was an error joining to the AirPort network "NETGEAR" Everytime I try and connect to the new modem router, I get that error. Airport finds it, and it gives me the "...no trusted networks.....join "NETGEAR?". I click yes, and it does nothing, the range symbol on the menu bar remains grey. So I click it, and on the list of menus, theres NETGEAR. Click it, same error. All the Windows Laptops can connect... Help?
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December 11th, 2004, 04:54 PM
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| How is the router configured?
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December 11th, 2004, 06:22 PM
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| Eldiablo is probably interested to settings such as MAC-filter, WEP key and DHCP settings. When you enter the webinterface of your router you should look for such options. Did YOU setup the router before? If so, did you ever set any of those filters up there or kept everything as default (the network name proposes that things are as default)? However, the best way to troubleshoot network probs is to first connect via ethernet. If everything is fine you should then try over the airport. Make sure you are very close to the router. Then make sure you have none of those filters (either IP or MAC filters) on and also turn off WEP and WPA. At this point the connection should be established. If not, we should even consider a problem on your mac.. PS: Thanks for the gmail invitation, Mo! 
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December 12th, 2004, 05:20 AM
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| That's perfectly ok It works fine by Ethernet (HA! I'm using a 10 metre cable, lol). Would an IP filter or MAC filter really allow the other laptops to connect, but not my mac? I'll try turning them all off. Thanks
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December 12th, 2004, 06:46 AM
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Another option to protect your network from public access is the WEP or WPA encryption. This is just working for the wifi connection. The whole radio traffic will be encrypted once with an opened key and once with a shared key (I am not sure, but I think this is how WPA works). If you want to access a WEP protected network with your mac, you will need to specify a WEP key. Only with the right key you can access the wifi network..
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December 12th, 2004, 06:54 AM
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| The WEP, all that stuff, is off. I manually added my computer to the routers "accept list" via MAC Address and Name. Still no luck.
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