Mac airport not connecting to internet

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Bridlad

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My mac will only connect to my wireless network without a wep key.My windows machine also connects wirelessly and that connects fine regardless. The mac asks me for the password so i enter it and it just says "error joining xxxxx network)(xxxxx being my network). I have tried this loads of times to no avail. If i turn off the wep key it works fine. Have set the wep key to an easy 1 to make sure im not inputting it wrong but still will not work!
 
Try entering a $ characted before the WEP key and see if it resolves the problem.
 
Sometimes you have to enter 0x (that's a zero followed by a lower-case x) in front of the WEP key.

You might also be missing some software updates for your computer. I remember certain versions of OS X (or certain security updates) that were at the root of this problem. Make sure your OS X is fully up-to-date.

If you are up-to-date, try changing the security on the router to WPA if it's offered. WPA is infinitely more secure than WEP, but Windows needs to be on XP SP2 in order to join a WPA network.
 
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