Airport Wirless Router Linksys

have a wireless Linksys router that I put a 128 bit encryption.
It was driving me mad that when booted up in OS 9 I could not use my password.
I tried using the entire 24 character code as a password, and it works. That is how you use 128 bit encryption on a dual boot OS 9 with an air port card under OS9.
I hope this helps someone, because I searched for hours and no one had the answer.

Vernon Alexander...
Although there is much lacking information stated here (post), you may wish to look over the link below and the related links from there.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75422
It helps considerably to post the Mac OS and relevent AirPort card information / software to be clear on some points. However some 3rd party devices can be of some issue if they do not use a compatable protocol with the AirPort card software.
...Ron

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