Problem with time capsule and 64bit Wep security

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Problem with time capsule and 64bit Wep security

Hi,

My father has recently buyed a Time Capsule.
I want to connect it to the network using wireless connection.
unfourtenatly the wireless network is using a 64bit WEP security.
I couldn´t find a way to connec it with this security protocol.
Is there any way to connect it?

Thanks,
Yair.

Time Capsule, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 5, 2008 10:56 AM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Dec 5, 2008 6:13 PM in response to YTYTYT

Hello YTYT. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

Try setting the radio mode to something other than any of the 802.11n options, like 802.11b/g compatible. You can access these non-"n" modes by holding down the <Option> key before making the selection.

With the non-"n" modes, you will now have access to "true" 64-bit WEP instead of only having WEP Transitional.

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Dec 5, 2008 7:04 PM in response to Tesserax

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.

I can´t find a way of changing this option.
where is the Option key?

I´m new to Mac so I´ll need some help with it.
Yet couldn´t find a way of getting 64bit WEP.

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Dec 5, 2008 7:15 PM in response to YTYTYT

Well,

I know it´s spanish, but it´s the same.
Here are the options I have under the label "Wireless":
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/7733/airportdo5.png

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Tesserax

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Dec 5, 2008 7:32 PM in response to YTYTYT

where is the Option key?

You'll find the Option key between the Control & Command keys on your keyboard. There are actually two of them on either side of the Space Bar.

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YTYTYT Author

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Dec 5, 2008 7:53 PM in response to Tesserax

Thank you, but yet, it won´t work if I just want to add TC to the existing network.
Besides, even when I find the compatible I still can´t pick 64bit WEP.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Yair.

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Answer 6

Tesserax

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Dec 5, 2008 8:40 PM in response to YTYTYT

To connect to a 64-bit WEP network, choose "WEP 40-bit" on your TC.

I know that this may sound confusing, but standard 64-bit WEP is actually a 40 bit key (also known as WEP-40) + a 24-bit initialization vector (40 + 24 = 64) to form the actual key. Apple just uses the term WEP 40-bit, but you can consider it the same as other vendors use of WEP 64-bit.

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Dec 5, 2008 10:06 PM in response to Tesserax

Already tried.
Near the password there is a little exlamation mark ⚠ that says that the ammount of signs insterted isn't right.
If I try to connect it anyways, it blinks amber and I won't be able to find it again until next reset.

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Tesserax

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Dec 7, 2008 4:58 PM in response to YTYTYT

Any chance you can convince your father to change the wireless encryption to either WPA or WPA2? WEP is no longer considered secure, and as you can see, it is very problematic to work with.

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YTYTYT Author

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Dec 7, 2008 6:16 PM in response to Tesserax

Well, it was kind of difficult to convince him, since it's a big network of his work, but we decided to connect the time capsule as another access point with a higher level of security (WPA) so we won't have trouble with it any more.

Thanks a lot for your help,
Yair.

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