Airport Extreme WEP WPA

I'm trying to set up my PC lap top to connect to my airport extreme. It wants my WEP or WPA #.
How do I find those numbers.

It may be asking for your network "key"
You can find this as follows:
Open AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Base Station menu item at the top of the screen to the right of the Apple icon
Click Equivalent Network Password and your "key" will be displayed

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Airport Extreme/Express WPA Troubles

Hey all. I'm finally upgrading to WPA/WPA2 Personal "standards". I have one slight glitch though...
The Airport Expresses won't connect to the Extreme with the proper WPA password. Here's a clip of the logfile with the last 4 of the MAC visible.
Ideas?
Oct 16 14:52:23 Severity:5 Associated with station 00:00:00:00:12:8d
Oct 16 14:52:23 Severity:1 WPA handshake failed with STA 00:00:00:00:12:8d likely due to bad password from client
Oct 16 14:52:23 Severity:5 Disassociated with station 00:00:00:00:12:8d
Oct 16 14:52:23 Severity:5 Deauthenticating with station 00:00:00:00:12:8d (reserved 2).
Oct 16 14:52:26 Severity:5 Associated with station 00:00:00:00:12:8d
Oct 16 14:52:26 Severity:1 WPA handshake failed with STA 00:00:00:00:12:8d likely due to bad password from client
Oct 16 14:52:26 Severity:5 Disassociated with station 00:00:00:00:12:8d
Oct 16 14:52:26 Severity:5 Deauthenticating with station 00:00:00:00:12:8d (reserved 2).
Regards,
-Frank C.

The error messages indicate that you have an incorrect password issue or the old passwords have become corrupted.
Open Applications > Utilities > KeyChain Access and delete the passwords associated with the AirPort Express devices. Then setup the connections one at a time with each AirPort Express and enter new password information.

Windows 7 with latest AirPort Extreme

I have just bought the latest AirPort Extreme. Set-up using airport utility on all my apple products worked like a charm. I then installed airport utility and updated it in my old windows 7 laptop.
- airport utility on windows 7 cannot detect the wifi network
- windows 7 can however see the wifi network when I go to network properties, but it cannot connect to it
- I tried shifting the AirPort Extreme from WPA 2 to no security, and windows 7 still cannot connect nor is airport utility finding the network
- I tried changing the channel on the AirPort Extreme to channel 11, still nothing
My old laptop on windows 7 has a b/g wireless card. I am afraid the AirPort Extreme is not compatible with b/g, or if it is, do I have to set it to it, and if so where?
Any other tips as to what I could change in the settings of the AirPort Extreme or windows 7 to either have airport utility see and connect to the network, or connect through windows 7 network properties?
Thanks
Philippe

On one of your Macs, run the utility, select your base station and click the edit button. Select the wireless tab,
Then click the Wireless Options button
Pick Radio Mode and see what works best for all your systems.
Hope this helps.

Is there a way to connect an old Sunflower iMac (OSX 10.4.11) to a new Time Capsule? It used to work with old Airport Extreme with updates thru Snow Leopard but now seems to only allow WEP encryption instead of WPA.

Is there a way to connect an old Sunflower iMac (OSX 10.4.11) to a new Time Capsule? It used to work with old Airport Extreme network, run from a intel iMac with updates thru Mavericks but now seems to only allow WEP encryption instead of WPA and can't connect to Time Capsule. Airport Extreme Base was controllable from either computer up through Snow Leopard (I didn't do any of the Lion upgrades). Then when I upgraded to Mavericks I lost the ability to use Airport Utility with this hardware on the Sunflower but could still connect wirelessly to network without any problems. But now with the Time Capsule upgrade the Sunflower is blocked from network by a dialogue that requests ony WEP password, not WPA pwd used by Time Capsule. Neither can I use the old airport extreme base to extend the time capsule network since I can't input the correct password/encryption approach to join it. Is there a work around? Would a newer but old Airport Express be able to extend network to Sunflower? Or maybe a third party wireless (such as Netgear, Dlink, etc) that has browser type control rather than special utility?
Another question--before I used MAC addresses to control who could access network. Now on Time Capsule I don't see anything about this--so is it true now that the only access control is via WPA2 pwd now (which appears to be the encryption pwd and not the time capsule pwd)?

Is there a way to connect an old Sunflower iMac (OSX 10.4.11) to a new Time Capsule?
I can’t claim to completely grasp the issue(s) you’re describing, but the underlying problem is presumably your iMac’s obsolete AirPort card. Whatever the case, an obvious (if not particularly helpful) answer to your stated question would be to connect your iMac with an ethernet cable, using powerline adapters as an alternative if you don’t want to have wire running all over the place.
My still fully functional clamshell iBook, with an original AirPort card, connects wirelessly to my 4th Generation TC network by means of a cheap 802.11b/g/n USB Wi-Fi adapter. This might be an option for you too.
Another question--before I used MAC addresses to control who could access network. Now on Time Capsule I don't see anything about this
When you edit your TC's settings the access controls appear under the Network tab, don't they?

Is it possible to make airport extreme a WEP network and keep my other router as WPA?

Not really sure how to ask this but here goes.
I have a bt router as my main router in my house which I want to continue using. It is WPA protected and I want to keep it that way. However I have some devices that will only connect with WEP. So I was wondering if there is a way to setup my airport extreme to be a WEP protected network so I can use this only for the WEP devices and use my other router for my other devices and connections as it is more secure.
If this is possible, could you please explain to me the setup for the airport extreme as I don't know if it needs setting up as a seperate network or in bridge mode? I don't really understand the setup options on the airport and what is needed to do what.
I hope I've explained this clear enough but if not feel free to ask me for more details.
Thanks for any help in advance.

Whatever you choose for the WiFi network name.
Step by step as you requested:
Open up AirPort Utility.
Go to the AirPort tab and select Wireless:
Under Wireless Security select WEP. Click Wireless Network Options and tick "Create a closed network". Also, you could turn down the transmit rate if you want.
Select Internet.
These settings should work fine. Then, everything should be good to go.

IMac G5 Airport Extreme Card WEP/WPA Security connection Problem

I have an iMac G5 (non Intel) and a wireless Belkin 801.g MIMO router. When I have no security setup on the router (ie straight out of the box)then the Airport Express card connects to the network without problems. As soon as I set either WEP or WPA or WPA2 security on the router and input the correct settings in the Airport configuration in system preferences the card sees the Network but will not connect. I simply get the message "error connecting to network". I have a Windows based laptop with built in wireless card and this has no problems at all connecting to the secured network, whether it is WEP or WPA or WPA2. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas please?

I have the same problem with my new black MacBook and a Netgear router. I can connect to the 'free' networks all around me, my Airport Extreme card sees the wi-fi network in my home that I want to connect to, and my old iBook with its lowly Airport card connected (and still does) with no problem using the '40-bit hex' option when entering the password. But now all of a sudden there are just 'errors' when I try to connect (having tried all the various options, and two different types of passwords or keys as provided by the network administrator). Oh yeah, and of course Apple Support won't help because they don't want to know about problems relating to third-party technology... We can't be the only ones with this problem!
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Airport extreme 2009: how to downgrade security to WEP

Hi,
I have installed a new Airport Extreme (2009) and experiencing the following problem:
The airport extreme software (7.4.1) does NOT allow me to encript my network with a simple WEP pasword( like before). (only WPA(2))..
Some pC devices with older hardware cannot connect..
How can downgrade my security to WEP encoding?
tx for replying

I wasn't aware that Extreme cannot use WEP encryption. I don't have the newest Extreme, but that would surprise me as I believe XBOX uses WEP. Are you certain?
As well, what OS are the PCs you have running? I believe XP SP2 supports WPA2.

Connect a Nintendo DSiXL to a hidden WEP enabled Airport Extreme

I cannot get my DSiXL game console to connect to my Airport Extreme when the router is not broadcasting. I manually input the routers settings into the DS but times out when trying to connect. Any suggestions?

Hello janelane. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
If you are using a closed network and WEP for wireless security, I would strongly recommend against both as neither will thwart anyone except the most casual Wi-Fi users.
Instead I would recommend that you reconfigure your AEBSn for the "WPA/WPA2 Personal" or "WPA2 Personal" option. I would also recommend not closing your network. This does cause problems for some wireless clients, possibly your Nintendo, from being able to connect.

Setting WPA security on an Airport Extreme Card

Hi all I’m a newbie to the wonderful world of MACs having just purchased a dual 2.3 G5 incorporating an Airport Extreme card.
Now, in my simplistic world I figured that I could use the G5 connected to the internet via an ethernet router to act as a base station and allow 2 PC laptops to have wireless internet access too. Also, it would be good to allow these laptops to share the printer connected to the G5 and, absolutely ideally, share files too.
The internet sharing part of this all this works fine up to a point – that point being until I try to secure the wireless network! I’ve tried using the WEP solution (in both 64 and 128 bit modes) but the laptops just won’t connect, even though they can both actually see the network. I also understand that WPA is more secure than WEP anyway so I thought I might try that instead. Trouble is, I can't find where I can set this up for the AE Card.
So basically – could anyone tell me, in simple terms, whether I can use just an Airport Extreme CARD (rather than a full Base Station) to give me WPA security in the setup that I’m trying to create?
It seems that the card itself DOES support WPA if it’s connecting to an already-enabled network, but all I can find in the configuration options for the card is the WEP security (which I can’t get to work AT ALL!) I tried using the Airport Admin Utility to set WPA-Personal mode (which I understand is equivalent to WPA-PSK mode?) but that only seems to be for the Base Station.
I have spent the last 2 days trawling through as much information as I can find (including on these discussion pages) and still cannot find an answer.
If anyone’s still reading this rather long post and could offer any help at all, I’d be very grateful indeed.
Many thanks in advance,
Andy
PS I LOVE the MAC!!!

I need to set the network id to 10.10.1.1 will a new airport extreme do this?
Sorry, but no.
The AirPort can only be set to 10.0.x.x, 192.168.x.x or 172.16.x.x

Power Mac G3 Pismo with Airport wireless card in Mac OS X 10.4 won't connect to wireless network with newest Airport Extreme Base Station set at WPA Personal/WPA 2 Personal encryption.

My Power Book G3 Pismo with an Airport wireless card running Mac OS X 10.4.11 will not connect to my new Airport
Extreme Base Station using WPA Personal/WPA 2 Person encryption. The Airport firmware is version 9.52. From
posts I've read online at different places indicates the Airport card should support the WPA encryption. Perhaps the problem
is the Base Station is using a combination setting and the fault is in the base station?
Thanks for any suggestions

Perhaps an inexpensive usb wireless adapter would work as well?
This is probably the simplest way to get the G3 connected to the wireless network.
I'll have to read up on getting an express and using it as a wireless bridge as I am unfamiliar with the concept.
The new AirPort Extreme is broadcasting a wireless signal.
A new AirPort Express could be located close to the G3. The Express will pick up the wireless signal from the AirPort Extreme, then provide an Ethernet connection to the G3 though a short Ethernet cable.
This can work very well......IF.....you keep the G3 at a fixed location, since it will always be connected to the AriPort Express using an Ethernet cable.
I do have an old Linksys Wireless G router. I wonder if that would work?
In theory, yes. But it would have to use much older WEP "security", which is easily cracked in minutes using free tools available on the Internet. So, anyone who really wanted to get on the network could do so. It's an option, but not a very good one.

AirPort Extreme base station as bridge - is WPA allowed?

Hello,
I have an AirPort Extreme base station that is connected to the Internet via an older Linksys wired router. The Linksys is connected to a cable modem and acts as a router (so it's the DHCP host), while the AirPort acts as a bridge between wireless computers and the Linksys (so "Distribute IP addresses" is unchecked).
When using WEP or no security, everything works great. However, when using WPA, my laptop constantly cycles as it tries to get an IP address without any real success. I've tried all combinations of open/closed networks, different wireless channels, and wireless security types, but WPA just won't work. It's definitely supported by the wireless card and I've entered the password correctly, but no dice.
Does anyone know if WPA is supposed to work in this configuration? I noticed that another post recommended connecting cable modem -> AirPort -> wired router, but other posts recommend cable modem -> wired router -> AirPort. Not sure if it matters or not.
Thanks for any advice!

Hi Felix, thanks for your reply.
I have a Linksys wireless card (which I cannot find right now) and an Airnet AWN154 wireless card. When the Linksys didn't work, I purchased the Airnet, which also didn't work. This is on several Windows laptops.
To answer your other question, I don't think I've ever successfully gotten WPA to work with these cards, but of course I only have my own base station to test against. My fiance's laptop (with built-in wireless) worked briefly, but was very slow and every couple minutes the connection would drop.
The reason I originally asked if WPA is possible in this configuration is because I ran across some articles indicating that WPA might not work across bridged networks, although that was for different hardware than my Airport Extreme base station.
Jeff

Airport Extreme unable to connect to WPA network

I have an iBook G4 running OS 10.3.9 and a Netgear WGT624v3 wireless router. The iBook connects well with the Netgear router using WEP encryption but using WPA Personal security I get a message that says "the wireless network does not support the requested encryption method."
The netgear technical support people advised me that it is a configuration issue and to contact Apple to make it work properly but the only information I found there was to update the airport card firmware.
I updated the firmware for the AirPort Extreme card to 3.90.34.0p.16 from the Apple website but that didn't solve the problem.
In addition I have a HP Photosmart wireless all-in-one where I experience the same problem.
If there are any suggestions, I would be forever grateful.
iBook 1.2GHz G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
iBook 1.2GHz G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Don,
Thank you for your reply. The article on WEP encryption is very interesting and I will use it when I use WEP.
The article on WPA indicates that an airport extreme card with software version 3.2 or higher should work. I think I have version 4.2 which came from the AirPortSW42.dmg which I obtained from the Apple website. So I am confused because it still doesn't allow me to connect using WPA.
Bill
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Airport Extreme works fine with ibook and wireless PC on WPA, but not Wii

Hi;
I just got an Airport Extreme last week. Took me a while to get everything figured out, but I got my ibook as well as my wife's ibook and her PC to connect wirelessly, using WPA encryption. We have a TiVo (using the "official" TiVo USB transceiver)and a Nintendo Wii that I can't get to connect though. Both see the network and try to connect, but after a connection attempt they come back with an error message that the network can't be found.
When I change to WEP encryption, the connections work just fine. I really want to stick with WPA, though, as there are a bunch of wireless networks around me and I obviously don't want anyone else to connect to my network. Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks in advance.

At first we could plug the Dell in directly but that was before setting up the AX. Now that the AX works the Dell cannnot connect even wired. (It says that it's connected but it cannot find server when you try to open a webpage). Could this be a problem that the moden cannot go between Mac & windows?
Most modems tend to "remember" the last device connected to it, so it's important to do a complete power-down/power-up when switching devices. It's possible that your modem did this when you attempted to connect the PC directly. My purpose of having you connect the PC directly was to verify that it can access the Internet with a wired connection and that it's wireless setting needs to be troubleshot further.
The power recycle process should be something like the following:
- Power-off the modem & AX; If possible, leave the modem off overnight.
- Power-on the modem; Wait at least 30 minutes.
- Power-on the AX; Wait at least 5 minutes.

Airport Extreme & WPA

Just wondering what the airport extreme card is like with WPA? The wireless network i'm going to attach it to does not use the AP Extreme or Express does that make a difference?
Thanks

Just wondering what the airport extreme card is like
with WPA? The wireless network i'm going to attach it
to does not use the AP Extreme or Express does that
make a difference?
Peter,
I'm using a 1.33Ghz 17" Aluminium PowerBook G4, 1.5GB of RAM, with an Airport Extreme card built-in at order time, along with a Netgear WG302 Access Point plugged into a Netgear FVS318v3 Firewall VPN Router. I am currently using WPA2 Personal level security with my laptop & everything is working great.
In order to get the best transfer rates possible, I am using IPNetTuner (with a custom script) from Sustainable Softworks.
Regarding both software & hardware: I have no interest in or other connection to the two companies mentioned.
I happen to be a disabled programmer/analyst with enough healthy-free time "on my hands" to do my research and pick out the components I think will work best for my projects.
After reading how ineffective WEP security is, I knew from the get-go that I wanted WPA or WPA2. Fact is, if I could figure it out (still working on it), I would run a Radius Server and use WPA2 Enterprise level security.
Although some may disagree with my choice of Netgear products, both items are from the business-class of products called the "Pro-Safe" line of gear. After much reading, I felt that they would best suit my needs / budget, and my curiosity to explore new technology I haven't worked with before (networking). HTH.
Regards,
Albert
G4 QuickSilver01 OWC 1.47Ghz CPU 1.5GB RAM 740GB HD Mac OS X (10.4.3) 17" Al PowerBook G4 1.5GB RAM 75GB HD Aiport Extreme Card

Imac will not connect to Airport Extreme when configured WPA/WPA2

Imac will not connect to Airport Extreme when configured WPA/WPA2
Posted: Jul 5, 2007 8:22 PM Reply
I just got my Imac to connect to the internet using my Airport Extreme but only by using WEP. I had my Windows XP SP2 machines connecting using WPA/WPA2 with no problem. The Imac will not connect using anything other than WEP, and 1 of the XP machines will not connect using WEP.(I have not tried the other XP machines) I had to set the Airport Extreme for an open network in order to let both computers access the shared hard drive and access the internet.
I don't know what the problem might be and would appreciate any suggestions.
MacBookPro, Imac Mac OS X (10.3.9) Fujitsu tablet PC, 2 XP desktops

hehe...on the visuals. I figured it out already, and I have the old airport card. However, I did a chat with Apple support and while we were chatting I found a USB adapter with MAC drivers which will work. It is:
Hawking Technology HWUG1A Wireless-G USB Adapter with Removable Antenna for Macintosh
Manufacturer Part# HWUG1A
That is the only adapter that actually does WPA/WPA2 that I can find that is for a Mac and not just an older USB that only does WEP. It surprises me that Apple does not have a USB product like this. Anyway, for $56 including shipping, I will have it by Monday or Tuesday. Pretty cool.
Thank you so much for your assistance. It is appreciated.
Lynn

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