Getting my wrt150n to work with my apple mac book pro

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Hey guys,
I went round and round with everyone on this. I read the forums, called support, went to apple, and *finally* figured out a semi easy solution. This will fix dropped connections when waking from sleep and allow you to run your router in mixed mode (and significantly improve range and speed).
1.) Clone your desktop's mac address.
Open a browser and go to 198.168.1.1. There is an option under the wireless tab for it.
2.) Switch to WEP 10-hex security (if you are using security at all).
Enter a 10 digit number in the key1.
3.) Go to your mac book and open up the network preferences in your system preferences control panel.
a.) First clear out all your locations..especially ones associated with all the mess-up associated with trying to get your new wireless to work. Do this by selecting the Location drop-down menu and select Edit locations.
b.) Next Click on Airport from the network status screen (you should be on it) and click Configure... at the bottom. At the next screen, click options. For, If no recent networks are found, select: Keep looking for recent networks. Click OK. Now you shouldn't drop connections after a few minutes of inactivity!
c.) You should be back at the airport screen, at the bottom there is an Assist Me... button. Click it then the Assistant... bfind your networkutton afterwards, name your new location, click that you use Airport, find your wireless network and enter your 10-digit key.
You should be set!
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One more thing....I changed the wireless settings to wide band only....that seemed to increase the speed and range.