How can friends get on my network????
I have an airport extreme base station set up with a 128 bit WEP password. All of the computers in my house (all mac) are able to connect to the network with no problems, as well as connect to the shared printer that's hooked to the airport. But when friends come over to my house with their windows laptop, they can not get on my network. What do I need to do? I reset my network password, so I know I am giving them the correct password to enter. One friend's laptop asks for the WEP key, not the password.
Help - I'm feeling quite ignorant here. Is there something that I need to do on my end to allow them to access the network? I am out of ideas, and have not been successful.
In mucking about since I posted this question, I found essentially the same info. Still didn't work. Not sure why, though - it looked like entering the WEP key (ie, equivalent network password) was all it would take - but the laptop still wouldn't connect.
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