I have a WI-FI question for anyone who can help....

[henslee]

I popped a wi-fi card into my laptop in order to access my friend's wireless network. I being asked for a W.E.P. (Wired Equivalent Privacy) number. How do I find it out? My friend is not sure. They have a G4 MAC and use a "Linksys" cable connection with an Airport. They also have no idea what their WEP # is.

[Zorro]

1. I think it's a password it is looking for

not a number.

If your friend set up the Airport with WEP turned on, he had to enter a password during the configuration setup.

WEP is good to turn on, BTW. It can be hacked, but only by someone persistent enough to dump enough weak packets to decrypt.

[henslee]

3. Where would this # be stored on their G4, Zorro? eom

[DS1]

2. 2 possibilities come to mind

1) Your friend doesn't have encryption on and you need to dig up where the 'connect even if unsecure' option is *or words to that effect*

2) Your friend does have encryption on, and you need to dig up the manuals for the linksys and airport devices, and read them. There you will figure out how to not only find out the encryption key, but how to change it should the need arise.

[henslee]

5. Gracias, DS1. I will start digging unless someone has a better idea. eom

[henslee]

6. deleted

[Trajan]

4. Look on the bottom of the modem ...

for a 10 (?) character alpha AND/OR numeric 'code' ...

Yeah .. try that ....

Edit: Actually it's 8 characters on my 2wire HomePortal access point ...

[BigMcLargehuge]

7. your friend needs to configure the router to accept your transmissions

the router will then give him the correct key, or he can set it himself. It will be matched to your MAC address.

[henslee]

8. thanks yall... i am busy figuring it out!!!!!

[MichaelHarris]

9. the WEP

in configured on the Airport, accesed usually by an IP address and password. The laptop will have to have the same encryption set.

[DS1]

10. kick for the morning techs

:shrug: