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Mac and PCs on the same router.

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Casawi

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Hi guys,

There is a new guy in our office that has a Mac and need to connect to the router, he is having issues of course. I think there is something about Mac and PCs being on the same router, whats the trick here ?
To connect a PC all you have to do is enter the WEP key and you're golden, for Mac there's more to it.

ANy help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Yassine
 
Enter a wep key and you're golden.

I use a couple of macs, a linux box, a windows box, and a few BSD boxes off the same router. No problems, nothing too complicated.
 
Well in the mAC I enter the WEP key but if I go to the setting there no assigned IP or subnet mask or nothing like that. Mac also use DHCP am I right ?
 
Yes, the Mac uses DHCP.

Does it connect to the wireless network? If not, try the Hex version of the key (I can't if I ever tried the ascii version or if I had problems with the ascii version and switched to hex).
 
I really wish I had my Mac right now. At my other job connecting to the wireless was a bit of a pain. Something to do with the WEP encryption. Play around with a few of the settings and it will work.

 
What settings ? like do you know exactly, I am not a Mac, I am just helping someone else. OK, so that is right something with the WEP key then.
Any more help please
 
If it's 10.4, all you should have to do is add the network, select WEP 40/128 bit hex, and enter the hex key in the box. At least, I'm pretty sure that's all I did when I used wep. 😛
 
No, the correct configuration is to have a Cisco or Microsoft router for Windows based PC's, and an Airport router for the MAC machines, They are not compatible, The TCP/IP specs are just a 'starting point" and a "recommendation" for vendors. Most don't stick to closely to it.







/sarcasm off 😀
 
Originally posted by: nweaver
No, the correct configuration is to have a Cisco or Microsoft router for Windows based PC's, and an Airport router for the MAC machines, They are not compatible, The TCP/IP specs are just a 'starting point" and a "recommendation" for vendors. Most don't stick to closely to it.







/sarcasm off 😀
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LMFAO.

Nah, sorry, no?
 
Out of curiosity, what router are you using? It's probably not very likely in this case, but if you're using a v5/v6 Linksys WRT54G, the 1.0.10 firmware breaks the router's DHCP server such that Macs can't connect properly.
 
Originally posted by: Trippytiger
Out of curiosity, what router are you using? It's probably not very likely in this case, but if you're using a v5/v6 Linksys WRT54G, the 1.0.10 firmware breaks the router's DHCP server such that Macs can't connect properly.
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So just assign the Mac a static ip...
 
Originally posted by: Trippytiger
Out of curiosity, what router are you using? It's probably not very likely in this case, but if you're using a v5/v6 Linksys WRT54G, the 1.0.10 firmware breaks the router's DHCP server such that Macs can't connect properly.
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If that was the problem it wouldn't surprise me. The DHCP server in the WRT54Gs suck (both Linksys and 3rd party). The only DHCP server I've found that works consistently for me is the one included with Windows Server.
 
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Trippytiger
Out of curiosity, what router are you using? It's probably not very likely in this case, but if you're using a v5/v6 Linksys WRT54G, the 1.0.10 firmware breaks the router's DHCP server such that Macs can't connect properly.
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If that was the problem it wouldn't surprise me. The DHCP server in the WRT54Gs suck (both Linksys and 3rd party). The only DHCP server I've found that works consistently for me is the one included with Windows Server.
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The DGL-4300 is a fairly decent DHCP server.

 
Originally posted by: Trippytiger
Out of curiosity, what router are you using? It's probably not very likely in this case, but if you're using a v5/v6 Linksys WRT54G, the 1.0.10 firmware breaks the router's DHCP server such that Macs can't connect properly.
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I am not using a Linksys. I am using a 2wire router.
 
Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
If it's 10.4, all you should have to do is add the network, select WEP 40/128 bit hex, and enter the hex key in the box. At least, I'm pretty sure that's all I did when I used wep. 😛
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Something to do with the bolded above.

Did you check here yet?
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I need to do this, but it didn't fix the problem.
 
This guy has a an Intel MAC one of those machines. He seem to be having problems connecting to the internet even when running windows. He connects for about 20secs and the connection drops.
Any help please.
 
Originally posted by: yassine
This guy has a an Intel MAC one of those machines. He seem to be having problems connecting to the internet even when running windows. He connects for about 20secs and the connection drops.
Any help please.
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So it's not mac related.
 
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