Connecting to Belkin Router

I just recently bought a Belkin Router and can not connect through WPA encryption. When I turn the encryption off, I can connect fine. I called support and when I told the guy my pass phrase was 11 characters he said that it should be 10. I made a new one using 10 characters and it still doesnt connect. Anyone have any tips? Thanks

First, switch from WPA to WPA2 (Personal, if it's supported.) If that doesn't work you may need to check for a firmware update for the router.
If you continue having problems then try a different product. I've had good success with the D-Link DI-524. However, if you want the best compatibility spring the extra cash and buy the new Apple Extreme Base Station.

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966?? That is not its full model number and revision. I cannot find any listing for 966.
Belkin numbers are like..
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http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Belkin
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Hi Ralph... thanks for responding on this tricky issue, really appreciated.
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.... before Sept 2009, do not have an implementation of the IEEE 802.11 n-protocol that is completely compliant with the standard..
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so grateful for any help...cheers
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Hi Everyone,
I am a brand new Mac user (as of yesterday) and am
trying to set the thing up. Never used a Mac before
so I am not sure if it is me being a MacVirgin or
not.
I have an older Belkin router (which incidently
connects to everything under the sun, D-LINK, Belkin,
Sony PSP, my 360 everything). My Mac Book can see my
network which is an unsecured Belkin54g. When I try
to connect however, I get a useless error back
saying:
There was an error joining the airport network
"belkin54g".
As I have said before, everything else can connect to
this network and it is unsecured at present.
The router I am using is the Belkin FSD7630-4A which
is currently running at 11g (slow I know). I also
have not done any firmware updates to this either.
Would this help?
I am also using the latest airport update and
OSX10.4.9
Does anyone know of any solution to this issue. Has
anyone experienced anything similar.
Thank you.
-Unhappy MacNoob
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