How to connect to a wpa psk adhoc network

having trouble connecting to my laptops wpa psk adhoc network any suggestions?

What happens when you try?  Do you get any messages?  IS an IP address assigned to the iPod?  Did it ever work?  Does the iPod connect to other networks?

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    I am posting this for everyone tearing their hair out trying to connect the Airport Express to your own existing home wireless network. After spending 2 hours last night installing this on my father-in-law's home network, I hope to be able to save someone else the agony we went through.
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    Unfortunately, Apple's user manual is very unclear how to connect Airport Express to your own network. When you look at the picture diagram they provide, they show Airport Express picking up its signal from another Apple-oriented base. This can make you think you need to buy another piece of hardware to make it work. DON'T If you read through the manual, the Support section here, etc., you will hear lots of talk about "Client Mode" - and that this is the only way to get it to work. Nice - but no one really tells you how to set up the Airport in client mode.
    Do yourself a favor, toss that user manual aside and run these steps.
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    1. Get a cat5 Ethernet cable (anything but an orange cable - that's a crossover cable) like you would use to connect your PC to your router to pick up the Internet.
    2. Connect the Ethernet cable to the router on one end, and to the Airport Express unit on the other end.
    3. Plug in your Airport Express unit to the wall (this will not necessarily become its permanent location - you will be able to move it later). The light will glow solid Amber for about 30-45 seconds while it starts up, then blink Amber. At this point, the unit is ready to operate.
    4. Install the CD to the PC where your iTunes music is stored. This should be painless. Once you open the program, it should detect the Airport unit.
    5. At this point, the on-screen wizard will present you with your options, and walk you through the setup. This is much like the user manual describes - and you should be good to go form here forward.
    Some pointers:
    - When asked if you want to create a new network, join an existing network, or connect via Ethernet, choose the middle option for joining an existing network. You will need to know the name of your network, the password to connect to the network (if present), and the type of encryption used on the network (e.g. WEP, WPA, etc.). Side note, WPA is recommended, as it is a higher level of security than WEP. You will be able to configure the Airport Express unit to automatically login to your network.
    - I would recommend, when creating a password for the Airport Express unit, use the same password as your network, to avoid confusion.
    6. The very last step will ask you to save the settings to the Airport Express. Here's the kicker - when you save the settings, you are TRICKING the Airport Express into no longer acting as a network broadcaster, but instead being a "slave" to your own network. What do I mean? You will lose the connection from your PC to the Airport Express - an error message will pop up telling you the unit can no longer be found. While you might think you did something wrong, you actually were successful!
    7. Unplug your Airport Express, and disconnect the Ethernet cable from your router and the Airport unit. This will no longer be needed.
    8. Go to your desired location where you want to plug in your Airport Express unit. Before plugging it in, connect your Audio cable from the Airport Express to your audio receiver. Once that is connected, then plug in the Airport Express unit. The light will glow solid Amber for 30-45 seconds while it loads, and then will blink Amber for a brief period of time before turning solid GREEN. When this happens, you have successfully connected the Airport Express to your home network!
    9. Go back to your PC with iTunes. Open the Airport software - you should now have a listing for your Airport Express unit in the upper left. Click on this, and the wizard will guide you through connecting - you will need the password you created for the unit. You only need to go through this wizard once, and when finished, the software will tell you that can now use iTunes with your Airport unit.
    10. Open iTunes. On the lower right, you will see a dropdown for Speakers, and it should be defaulted to My Computer. Click on that drop-down, and you will see the name of your Airport unit. Click on that name, and now your music will broadcast to the Airport unit!
    11. Play a song in iTunes. Go to your audio receiver, and connect it to the channel for your external connection to the Airport Express unit. You should hear your music from iTunes. CONGRATULATIONS! =)
    I hope these instructions were helpful - I am happy to answer any questions, so feel free to contact me, *******************@*****.**.
    <Edited by Moderator>

    Thanks for the detailed directions. You are absolutely correct in stating that people should toss the user manual; it's pretty worthless. I have had a problem setting up my new Airport Express as I have described in an earlier post - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1839873&tstart=45
    One quick question - does using your setup process set the AE up as part of a distributed network where the AE is acting as a wireless router where it is extending the range of your network? Or, is it simply a wireless connection to your stereo for iTunes? I am interested in having both, since my AE will be at the other end of the house from the main wireless router.
    Thanks

  • How to connect my mac book pro to network printer Canon IR 2010f?

    I'm desperate to know how to connect my Mac book Pro to network printer Canon IR 2010f. This printer has an independent system, therefore, no need a PC to be on, in order to print. But this printer is a network printer. Help me please.

    The Canon UFR2 v2.20 driver for Mac OS X does not list the iR2010F as a supported model. The same is so for the Canon PS driver so I therefore believe this model is PCL5e only.
    What you should do is open Safari and type the IP address of the iR2010F. This will connect to the internal web page of the copier and from the provided pages you should be able to see what printer languages are supported.
    If it only lists PCL then you will be able to print to this copier using the Generic PCL driver included with 10.6.
    So if you open Print & Fax, click + to add and then select IP > LPD for the protocol you can then enter the IP address of the iR2010F and leave the queue name blank. For the name you can change that to iR1020F and for the Print Using, select Generic PCL Laser Printer.
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  • Satellite A100-003 WLAN connection timeout(with WPA-PSK)

    I have a Satellite A100-003 notebook with preinstalled Windows Vista.
    When I try connect to my router with WPA-PSK (TKIP) I have error:
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    Hi
    The same happened on my old notebook.
    I was not able to establish the WLan connection for longer than 1min with WPA encryption.
    I have downloaded the newest Atheros driver and updated everything.
    Everything works fine with WEP but not WPA.
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  • 5800 XM WPA-PSK and network profiles problem

    Hi,
    I've just purchased a 5800XM phone, with the idea of setting up my personal email account on the device, using my office's network access point.
    The access point / router is a Comtrend 5361. The SSID is set to hidden (no broadcast), and the security is set to WPA-PSK (pre-shared key).
    On the Nokia phone I go to 'Settings -> Connectivity -> Wireless LAN' and choose 'Other (hidden netw.)'.
    Then I choose 'Connect', set the WLAN network name, the phone shows a message 'No WLAN network found', but then prompts to choose network mode (Infrastructure - Hidden),  and then password. It connects succesfully and asks for storing the network profile under offline mode, I tell it to do so, and the new profile appears under 'Network destinations -> Internet'. So until now everything seems ok.
    The problem is that after the phone disconnects from the internet, the stored profile seems to be useless, since the phone never connects automatically even if the AP is available and always shows 'Search for WLAN'. In the list the hidden access point never shows up so the only choice is repeating the steps that I mentioned above, creating a new profile every time I want to surt the net.
    Is there a solution to this, or a third party software that can do the trick?, I have OS V21.0.25, custom version 21.0.025.219.06 from Vodafone, no updates available as of today, but I've tested it with a phone that has the latest OS v30 and it shows the same behavior.
    I can't change the access point settings, so I must stick to WPA and hidden SSID, so for me this is almost a deal breaker.

    Ok, I was testing the wifi part without a sim card inserted, with a sim, the phone connects to the profile properly, but without the sim it has an odd behavior, not loading the profile and wrongly stating that it can't connect when it does (but disconnects randomly).
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  • How to connect my iMac G4 to my network, it wont let me something about the password but I connect to a open network???Ask your question.

    Hello I have been trying to connect my iMac G4 to my network but I can't. I have a secure network with a password and is not let me in but I can connect to an open network with no password??? anybody can help???

    AirPort card in iMac G4 does not support strong WiFi encryption.
    I think WPA is the maximum for that WiFi card.
    If you have WPA2 in your WiFi network, you need to downgrade (not recommended)or wired connect the iMac G4.

  • How to connect a time capsule to another network

    I have recently moved to an area that has no landline system, all ISP's are provided through a wireless router. How should I connect the timecapsule into such a network?
    Regards,
    Martin

    Unfortunately, the Time Capsule was not designed for this type of operation.
    Ask the network administrator if they can provide you with, or recommend a wireless to Ethernet bridge, so that the Time Capsule can receive the Ethernet signal that it wants.
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  • How to connect my G3 to a wireless network-

    what do i need to connect my old G3 MAC to i wireless internet connection – my lokal AppleShop don't sell Airport to this old computer – do anybody know how i get wireless?

    rberg,
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    Explore the links below. Just pay attention to the fact that you need to find a Mac compatible wireless PCI card.
    The router is not a problem.
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  • Setting up HP Officejet 6500A; not sure how to connect to web w/ home wireless network

    I have a small home wireless network.  I set the printer up today but it says that I must connect to the internet (fax part is working).  The only desktop I have, I keep off most the time and just use my laptop (which is for work so I can't set the printer up to this).
    Is there a way to connect the printer directly to my router?  They are only a few feet from one another; however, I have no clue how to do it and the instructions manual didn't tell me much.  Do I need a phone line?  What would I use to connect the two?
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    Use an Ethernet cable, available in any tech store, online or even Target will have them.
    Plug it into the back of the printer and router.  You should be able to add the printer to your laptop.  Let me know what operating system you have and I can help.
    Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
    I am employed by HP

  • How to connect to an ieee stander wireless network in school

    I am a student of UNM.
    we can't get the wireless connection to our ece deperment if OSX is above 10.5.
    we can get the connect under windows and linux but not Mac.
    I did asked our IT about this issuse, thire answer was Apple didn't following ieee wireless stander on newer osx.
    I tried all the solution on interstant including using iphone developer tools, but it doesn't work.
    Is any possible that feture update can fix this problem?

    That's a neat trick they used there, relying on IEEE standards, which never had any requirement for interoperability. Their wireless network, while IEEE standard, is not WiFi CERTIFIED as it still uses TKIP.
    TKIP on WPA was an interim solution to WEP.
    http://wifinetnews.com/archives/2010/06/say_goodbye_to_wep_and_tkip.html
    You might send your IT department this link: http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/21/wireless-network-security-change-your-wpa-encrypt ion-from-tkip-to-aes/

  • Cannot find instructions on how to connect printer to a new wireless network.

    HP 4500 series was connected to my wireless network successfully for a year.  Upon moving and obtaining  new wireless network I cannot find instructions for changing wireless network for printer to recognize.

    Hi,
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    BH
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  • How to connect SPT 1700 to 802.11b network?

    I know this is an old (obsolete by most standards) device, but still...
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    Thanks Daniel,
    I'll try the suggestion asap!
    Filippo

  • Connecting to other computers on the network

    I just replaced an older Belkin wireless router with the new Airport extreme. I like it very much but I cannot now figure out how to connect to other computers on the network. With the old router I just clicked on network in the finder window and all the other computers on the network showed up an dI could click on one to connect. Now I see notheng. Any ideas????

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  • Using Airtunes while connected to an existing Wi-Fi network ?

    Hi,
    my Imac gets internet access through its airport card connected to a non airport wi-fi station (NeufBox).
    I would like to stay connected to the internet while using Airtunes on my Airport Axpress.
    I used the utility to connect the Airport Express to the existing Wi-Fi Network. I specified the mac adress of the Airport Express in my internet provider's device. But it doesn't work. I have internet, but airtunes doesn't appear in my speakers list in Itunes.
    If I connect to the Airport express directly (and not through the existing network) then I have acess to airtunes. But not to the internet anymore !
    Is there anyway for the Airport Express to access internet and use airtunes at the same time ?
    thanks

    Hello laptom. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
    Is there anyway for the Airport Express to access internet and use airtunes at the same time ?
    Yes, you will just need to reconfigure your AirPort Express Base Station (AX) to "join an existing wireless network" as a wireless client.
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    Either connect to the AX's wireless network or temporarily connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then using the AirPort Utility in "Manual Setup" mode, make the following changes:
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    o Wireless Security: <select the encryption type of the existing wireless network>
    o Wireless Password: <enter the existing wireless network password>
    o Verify Password: <re-enter the existing wireless network password>
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    o iTunes Speaker Password: (optional)
    o Verify Password: (optional)
    o Click Update to write the new settings to the AX
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    iTunes > Preferences... > Advanced > General
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  • Slower connection with WPA-PSK

    Hi, I'm new to Apple and the whole Apple discussion board.
    I recently converted to Mac and have one of the new 20" Intel iMacs. I looked through the available discussions but none of them quite addressed my issue:
    I recently received a new 2Wire router from ATT-Yahoo DSL. I have it connected by ethernet cable directly to my old PC, and my Mac connects wirelessly via Airport.
    For security reasons, I tried to switch my encryption from WEP (which was the default) to WPA (WPA-PSK is what actually showed up as the option on the 2wire site), and when I did, the wireless connection was dramatically slower. So slow that I couldn't stream music from sites like rhapsody. When I switched back to the WEP default code, the problem seemed to correct itself.
    1) Is there something I needed to adjust as well, either on the Mac or on the 2wire site, when I changed the encryption to WPA, to avoid the slow-down?
    2) How great is the security advantage of WPA over WEP? I've configured the settings so that my wireless network doesn't appear automatically on other people's computers.
    I'm new to the wireless game as well. Thanks for anybody's help to the above.

    Hi
    The same happened on my old notebook.
    I was not able to establish the WLan connection for longer than 1min with WPA encryption.
    I have downloaded the newest Atheros driver and updated everything.
    Everything works fine with WEP but not WPA.
    Then I have disabled the Windows own configuration option and use the Atheros client utility. Now everything works fine!
    I would recommend using the Intel Proset utility and check all possible settings!

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