Why can't I connect to networks I create?

[alfredo]

I have an Airport Express. I make a network as they say. It looks good, Airport Utility sees it. I get good signal, but a network named "Linksys" is the only one that accesses the internet. I have no Linksys devices.

Here's a screenshot in iStumbler. It appears I am getting online from an unsecured network. Is this what is happening?

[DaveJ]

1. Your connection is secure so you need a password

I work on Windows 99% of the time, but I imagine the scenario is similar.

The password is setup on the router, which in my experience is hardwired to a workstation where you can get to the router in order to configure it.

If you do not have the router hardwired to a computer then perhaps the manual will say what the default password/passkey is. Then the notebook needs to have that password set in the connection.

[alfredo]

2. I just reset the base station, reconfigured it. Still acting the way

it was before. I used the default password and a 13 character individual password.

When I try to connect to the network I just set up, the AE shows up in Airport Utility, but doesn't connect to the internet. The Linksys network still works, but the AE disappears from the Airport utility.

[alfredo]

3. Fixed it. A setting they did not mention needed to be changed.