New Router - WPA/WPA2 is Awful!!!

Just got the new AirPort Extreme and trying it with my new C2D MacBook. I'm having serious issues using WPA/WPA2 enough to make me think the thing is defective.
For starters, if I don't use any encryption or use WEP, connections are instant. When I use WPA or WPA2 (similar behavior with each) and try to connect it will say "error connecting to network". I hit try again 2-3 times, each with an error. Finally, I hit OK (to quit) and once in awhile it will suddenly connect after that. Imagine that, it tells me there's an error, that it can't connect, and then immediately after connects. Its really unstable. If I put my computer to sleep, it will rarely reconnect to the network.
For the record, I have all the latest software, drivers, etc, this thing is just really flaky. For comparison, I tried it with an iBook G4 (802.11g) 10.4.8 also with updated drivers and similar effects. It tells me it can't connection and then randomly it connects.

I have my both my Extreme 802.11n's setup with Wireless Security "WPA/WPA2 Personal" without a noticeable problem. However, when I open up my Network Utility (Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Network Utility). The Network Utility (Network Interface (en1)) and under the Transfer Statistics I'm showing the following...
Sent Packets = 4897
Send Errors = 4
Recv Packets = 7452
Recv Errors = 124
Collisions = 0
I'm worried about the errors... On another thread (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=852387&tstart=0) they show that moving to WEP security gets rid of the errors... So my question is this... Are these errors affecting anything? If so, how easy/difficult is it to move from WPA2 to WEP? Do you have to reset everything and start from scratch? Or an you just make the switch and hit update?

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Wireless-Card doesn't not work with WPA/WPA2 but with WEP [Solved]

Hello I have a MacBook (late 2007) with a wireless-card from Broadcam, the card works with WEP and the classic configuration over rc.conf very well. But I can't get the card running with WPA and the net network-profiles.
Here is the link to the driver - http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
eth2 = wireless-card
eth1 = firewireanything
eth0 = wired-card
rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
#MODULES=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="macbook"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !eth1 eth2)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
NETWORKS=(wireless)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles netfs alsa crond portmap fam hal)
/etc/network.d/wireless
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=eth2
HOSTNAME=macbook
IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.225 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
DNS1=192.168.1.1
# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID=3Com
#KEY=
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 11"
#WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0 # use this if you have a special wireless interface
# that is linked to the real $INTERFACE
#WIFI_WAIT=5 # seconds to wait for the wireless card to
# associate before bringing the interface up
USEWPA="yes" # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
WPAOPTS="" # use "" for normal operation or specify additional
# options (eg, "-D ipw")
# see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration
Can I set here the WPA/WPA2-Key also? Why here ESSID? Do I need still a configuration in wpa_supplicant.conf?
Thats very confusing and not explained.
WPAOPTS? Do I need to add something like "-D wext"?
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="topsecret"
priority=5
# WPA2
# proto=WPA RSN
I need help. Please
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:58)

fwojciec wrote:If this info is not in the wiki it might be worth it to add it -- it's all detailed in /etc/network.d/examples/complete.example though.
Thats the reason why I was so confused.
My new and well working configuration:
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
#MODULES=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="macbook"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !eth1 !eth2)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
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# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
NETWORKS=(3com)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles netfs alsa crond portmap fam hal)
CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Very verbose complete wireless example"
INTERFACE=eth2
HOSTNAME=macbook
# Interface Settings (use IP="dhcp" for DHCP)
IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.225 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
# DNS Settings (optional)
DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=192.168.1.1
DNS2=
SEARCH=
# Standard Wireless Settings
ESSID=3Com
SECURITY=wpa-config # One of wep, wpa, wpa-config, none
KEY=""
# Scans to see if network is available before connecting (reccomended)
SCAN="YES"
# Time to wait to connect to a network. Default 15.
TIMEOUT=10
# Pass *custom* options to iwconfig. Usually not needed (optional)
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"
# Any extra arguments for wpa_supplicant
WPA_OPTS=
# For SECURITY='wpa-config' only - filename of a wpa-supplicant config
WPA_CONF=/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="Linksys"
proto=WPA RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="areulookingatmybreasts"
priority=5
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="nomam"
priority=5
# WPA2
# proto=WPA RSN
There are also profiles for the Linksys-Router and for wired cable.
Thanks for the help!
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:23)

New router and can not connect wirelessly

Installed a new router that changed my security from a WEP to a WPA2. I have connected to the printer(7410) through ethernet cable and changed the security settings but the printer will not connect to my router. I am currently printing by ethernet cable hooked directly into the router. When i try to use the printer interface to cinnect to router the only option that comes up is WEP.
Any ideas?
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The printer will support WPA, but not WPA2. It may have previously been connected to WEP and is expecting that. Let's reset it:
From the front of hte printer: Setup > Network > Restore Network Defaults. Now try the Wireless Setup Wizard from that same Network menu.
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New router: cp1525nw wifi install fails with vague error message

Product: HP Laserjet Pro cp1525nw
OS: WIndows 8.1
Hardware: Asus laptop
Recently received new router from Verizon (FIOS), model FQG1100 BHR4 Router
Purchased printer in 2012.
Printer was working with old router; it won't communicate with new router.
Over four days I have repeatedly removed the printer from the laptop and tried reinstalling using the wifi method. The install instructions say to run the CD, choose wifi, connect the USB cable when prompted, configure, remove cable when prompted.
When I attach the USB cable the configuration starts, but it either times out ("taking too long") or fails with vague message about not finding the product. I am never prompted for an SSID.
I tried a USB install and that worked; so the USB cable is good.
Windows File & Print Sharing is enabled.
I've tried re-setting the printer to defaults, and ensured the wifi menu says "ON" for wifi.
I ran a wireless network test report:
PASS for wireless on, wireless working, and Security.
FAIL for Network Name (SSID) Found.
NOT RUN for: printer settings consistant with wireless router settings, No filtering, connected, signal strength, other networks detected.
Wireless netwrorks detected: 9
I note the router label does not statE "SSID", but says "ESSID".
I would appreciate any ideas for what to try.
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Last night I finally got it to work. I removed the printer fully from the PC and rebooted. I turned off the printer. I ran a cable to the router (cable modem). I reset the router, which then assigned an IP address to the printer. I changed the security settings on the router to use WEP instead of WPA. I ran the HP printer setup program---and it finally presented me with the "provide SSID" screen. The program ran successully. I printed a test page. I changed the router secuirty back to WPA2. I printed another test page. I tried rebooting everything and printed again. I also tried removing the cable and then printing again---the printing failed.
In short, I needed to do two things: connect a cable and change the router temporarily to WEP for the install.
In my case, my printer is close enough to the router to run the cable. A little disappointing that the true wireless won't work, but I can print wirelessly from my laptop.
I've seen how a lot of people have had the same issue I had, and how HP is of no help in solving this issue. I'm convinced the printer has a flaw. I hope my posts will be of benefit to a few people having the same issue.

New router (switched from Linksys to Netgear 750 - HP J4680 printer all in one - and MAC

My husband puchase a new router - (we were told our old router failed on us) - we had no problems setting up the netgear 750 from the linksys router we originally had - we have a MACBook Pro
My HP printer J4680 - ran beautifully before the router switch - now will only work when directly connected from MAC to printer.
We have had several people troubleshoot for us -( we live in the country - no IT personnel nearby) - no one can seem to get the connection going between the two devices - I reinstalled the printer - read and reread the troubleshooting manual on both router and printer - and performed all the recommendations listed. The basic setup instructions on the HF printer say that despite the proximity of the printer and the router the signal in only fair and that it appears to have a "security" issue - I turned off the firewall settings on computer - no change in status.
we are contemplating returning the Netgear 750 for another linksys - could someone please tell me how or if we can solve this problem w/o having to return the router?
We purchased this particular router for the MAC compatability - the wireless printer is fairly new <<5yrs old and never had any problems w/it.
IT REALLY APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE I CAN GET!! THANX - maggiemae03815

Welcome to the forums maggiemae03815
I saw your post about the connection issues you are having with your new router, Mac computer and Officejet J4680. I understand you have done some troubleshooting already however, I have a suggestion or two for you to try.
On your Mac, try:
Mac OS X: How to reset the printing system
Repair disk permissions
Restart the Mac
Re-add the printer (do not use the AirPrint driver)
Test print
Next contact the router company or your internet service provider to check the settings on your new router. There may be a setting that is blocking the connection to your printer:
Network name and password need to have no spaces or punctuation
If using WPA2 security, switch to WPA personal
Dual broadcast Wireless b/g/n (printer will only connect to g)
Mac filter needs to be turned off
Firewall settings need to be at there default settings, or set to a lower security
Multicasting "on"
Following ports need to be un-blocked:
Incoming (UDP) ports : 137, 138, 161, 427
Outgoing (TCP) ports : 137, 139, 427, 9100, 9220, 9500
I hope my post was informational!
Have a great Wednesday
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E70 doesn't work with WPA/WPA2!

Hello, ppl!
Does anybody know if there is any chance that E70 will work with WPA/WPA2 encryption? Found it is not working with my home router configured to WPA but works with WEP. However WEP isn't strong protection and I'd prefer WPA. I just took phone to see it's capabilities before buying but lack of WPA would stop me from purchase - WM devices never had such trouble
'd like to hear from someone who do really know if this device will ever work with WPA and maybe it could do now.
PS. have installed latest firmwares to the router and mobile phone.

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Does orig. Airport card support WPA/WPA2?

Can a Mac equipped with an original Airport card (802.11b) connect to a WPA- or WPA2-protected network via a third-party router? (Any router — my question doesn't concern a particular router, but is more general in nature.) If so, are there minimum OS or other software version requirements for WPA/WPA2 support with the old card? Is there an Apple article that specifies the relevant requirements and procedures? My repeated searches for one have been fruitless, and this question comes up regularly in some forums I monitor daily where I'd like to be able to answer it confidently.

A Mac equipped with an original Airport card supports only WPA, not WPA2.
Verification of the fact that the original Airport card supports WPA is found at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107795
A Mac equipped with an Airport Extreme card (or newer) is required for WPA2 support.
I don't know of a Knowledgebase article that specifically states an Airport Extreme card is required for WPA2 support. However, that requirement is clearly stated in the older versions of Airport update software that added WPA2 support to OS X. See for example:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airport42formacosx1033.html

DROID 4 & WPA/WPA2

Todyay, I received a new MI424WR Rev I router to fix a data corruption problem that I was having. Revision I has WPA/WPA2 security capability. I can connect my Sirius/XM internet radio when the router is set to WPA or WPA2, but I can't connect my DRIOD 4 Android phone. The DROID can see the network. But it keeps telling me that the password is incorrcect. I've tried both the default password and I've tried entering my own password. Both units work if I change the security to WEP.
I know that the phone works with WPA/WPA2 because I have good connections to the network in my office and at a friend's house, which are both WPA2. I've tried turning the firewall off on my PC, in case that would help, but it didn't (no surprise, I was fishing).
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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My problem was case. The password uses upper case letters. When I typed the password into the DROID, I was using lower case letters. When I first attempted to enter the password, I hit the Caps Lock key and still got lower case letters. So, I assumed that case didn't matter. That opinion was compoundeb by the fact that when I entered the password into my Sirius/XM Internet Radio, I only had the option of entering lower case letters and it worked. Also, when I changed to WEP, I entered the password in lower case letters, even though it was supposed to be upper case, and that worked as well.
Just for the hell of it, rather than pressing Cap Lock, I tried the Shift Key, which allowed me to enter upper case letters.
Once I did, the password was accepted.
Thanks for everyone's help and hopefully, someone else who has the same problem finds this thread and this will help them.

Passwords for WPA/WPA2 PC household

I just purchased and Airport Extreme N router today after reading good things. I was pleasantly surprised at how it detected the situation (Airport as a wireless bridge to the wired network with wired router. On my PC with the utility, it connects and the performance is very good.
I tried to connect my wife and my son and gave them the 8 character alphanumeric code. The password is incorrect. I tried changing the password that was automatically set up in my Vista network settings to the one I set in the router and it also fails to connect. If I go back into the utility and save settings, it appears to change my password in vista for the wireless network appropriately.
I am using the WPA/WPA2 setting. I read somewhere on the net that it may be setting an equivalent password. I looked this up in the airport utility under "Base station - Equivalent Network Password". The thing comes up with probably 40 digits which make my eyes hurt and no way to cut and paste.
Is there some way to get an ascii password up and running for windows computers like all my other routers have for WPA?
I am assuming I am doing something wrong. I appreciate your help.
Jim

Thank you, Henry. I read the info on that site earlier and it is good. I am thinking it is something else. These are new laptops. Mine is completely up to date with all patches and drivers, Vista Premium, Dell M1330, Intel 4965AGN Draft N card. I notice that if I type in the password that I set in the airport to the settings for the wireless connection in Vista, then it fails. If I update settings through the Airport utility, which resets the password in Vista for me, it works. I am connected to it right now.
I will play with this more tomorrow. I want to try connecting with no security.
I was going to try to contact support somehow, but it is very hard to find support listed for routers under support options. Actually, it looks like support is something Apple gives sparingly, so I decided to try here. I appreciate the quick response and any other thoughts anyone has.
I have set up a lot of routers using the web page interface. This is simple, but cryptic. It is enough different to be throwing me, so it could be something I have done.

Just got a new router and now my ipad 1 says it can not connect to the server, even though it says that it is connected to wi fi

Just put in a new router and now my ipad 1 will not connect to the server. It is connected to the wifi though. Does this mean my ipad is too old? Any suggestions on what to do?

You may not really be connected to your WiFi network.
Your router may not have given your iPad a valid IP address. Go to Settings > Wifi > your network name and touch the "i" to the right to see the network details. If the IP address starts with 169 or is blank then your router didn't provide an IP address and you won't be able to access the Internet.
Sometimes the fix can be as simple as restarting your router (remove power for 30 seconds and restart). Next, reset network settings on your iPad (Settings > General > Reset > Reset network settings) and then attempt to connect. In other cases it might be necessary to update the router's firmware with the latest from the manufacturer's support web pages.
If you need more help please give more details on your network, i.e., your router make, model and version, the wifi security being used (WEP, WPA, WPA2), etc.

Wireless Networking - unable to select an encryption type for WPA/WPA2

I recently upgraded to 10.5.3 and didn't notice until now that Network preferences no longer provides an option for specifying the encryption method (TKIP or AES-CMP) for a new wireless network? I don't recall ever having had this issue before. Is this new to 10.5.3 or has this been a recognized problem prior to 10.5.3? I can only select from WPA Personal or Enterprise, WPA2 Personal or Enterprise (ignoring the WEP options here).
Is there another area of the OS that I can modify to change the encryption type?
This is weird...

While I was able to get WEP to work, it would only switch to WEP for both bands, and I wasn't too excited about this option. So to max out security, what I did was keep my dual band Airport Extreme running on WPA2 (5GHz N-only for all my Mac equipment; a wireless G for ipod touch). I then bought a linksys/cisco WRT54G2 for about $40 new from Amazon, and connected it with ethernet to the Airport Extreme base. Took a little fiddling to get it to behave as a bridge (can describe for you how I did this if you go down this route). But most importantly, maxed out security for WEP on this device by not broadcasting the SSID (don't on my other network either), having a very obscure SSID name (think strong password), set an equally obscure random password of all character types, setup up MAC filter so it could only be connected to my Pronto (and one of my notebooks for configuration). Also run it on a different 2.4ghz channel than the Airport Extreme to minimize conflict. Copied the info over to the Pronto config program (I use bootcamp to do this on my notebook), and everything works great. I do wish Apple gave us complete control over both bands (like the level of config I've done here), but the solution here was still pretty clean. My understanding is that Philips is planning to add WPA/WPA2 to Pronto capability by year-end (the connect/re-connect times are slower and they didn't want their products taking a performance hit, but I'd happily wait an extra second or two after picking up the remote to not expose my network via WEP). Hope that helps, but probably not what you wanted to hear. I found it a fairly quick and inexpensive workaround for now.

Photosmart 2710 cannot reconnect wireless with new router (windows xp)

Have windows xp laptop and hp 2710 printer will not connect wirelesslysince I changed routers to netgear wnr2000. Was previously connected with lynksys wrt54g. During installation the wizard recognizes the printer and its ip address but when told to install the wizard goes back to the "find printer" screen. My wife's is connected with vista. I can connect with usb.

Your new router will have to make 802.11g available for the printer (along with 802.11n is OK) and the printer will only support WPA, not WPA2 encryption. If all that is OK, then:
On the front of the printer: setup > network > reset network defaults.
Now, run the wireless setup wizard from that same menu.
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Wpa/wpa2 password problems

I set up a brand new AE 802.11n with a 13 character WPA/WPA2 personal password.
I am able to connect to it with a new iMac with a new extreme n airport card.
I can also connect to a very old 400 Mhz Tiger imac with an old airport card which asks for a WPA2 password.
But when I try to connect with an iBook (1 GHz Panther) with an airport extreme card it presents me with 6 possible types of passwords:
password (wants only 6 digits)
40 bit HEX
40 bit ascii
128 bit HEX
128 bit ascii
LEAP
none of these accept the 13 digit password
Do I need to update some "client-side" software on the iBook so that the airport card understands about WPA2 passwords?
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An update -
I never got past this problem directly. I noticed a thread on the macintouch website reporting similar problems with old clients trying to connect to Airport Extremes.
However, I found a way around the problem. I took my old Snow airport base station which would have been gathering dust and used it as a router. The drawback is that I am using up one of the ethernet ports on the Extreme, but the good news (I think) is that the "b" airport card on the old imac is hidden behind the Snow base station and therefore is not slowing down the "n" network.
Hopefully this will help someone. I would like to note that I got some helpful advice from Duane in the Snow discussions in getting this solution working.

I need some help in choosing a new router

I need some advice. I need to get a new router that will last. I have had a Belkin Surf and the reason I got rid of it I thought I need a stronger signal as I was getting a new computer and adding 2 internet radios. SO I bought the D-Link DIR 655. WELL, that lasted 2 months. It is now in to be replaced. Have not got it yet. But because of their rotten attitude and horrible so called customer service. I am looking for another router. Below is a list of what I have and what needs to be connected. The room that the router has to service is 27Ft. X 32Ft.
Main computer is a Dell 8300 4 months old with Windows 7 installed
Second computer is a custom computer with Windows XP Pro. This is 5 years old but works great.
2 internet radios, a Logitech Squeezebox and a Squeezebox Boom
Netflex receiver that streams movies to my television
I have a copier, printer and fax machine attached to the Dell computer
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Looking at the distance of wireless devices a basic router can work very well in your network, But you also have Audio/Video Streaming Devices in the Network So would Like to Recommend E3000 with Key Features
Key Features
Enjoy the power of high-performance Wireless-N technology—optimized for wireless entertainment
Connect your computers, gaming consoles, Internet-enabled HDTVs and Blu-Ray players, and other wireless devices at up to 300 Mbps of transfer speeds
Enjoy the benefits of simultaneous dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), including smoother HD video streaming, wireless gaming and file transfers
Share your files at home or on the Internet by connecting a storage device to the Linksys E3000's built-in USB port
Stream video and media content via a built-in UPnP AV media server to an Xbox 360, PS3 or other compatible device
Use four Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) ports for faster file sharing with other Gigabit-enabled devices, including computers, hard drives, and servers
Set up your wireless network in a few simple steps using included Cisco Connect software
Keep wireless freeloaders and Internet threats at bay with customizable security settings, including WPA/WPA2 Personal and SPI firewall protection
Give visitors password-protected Internet access on a separate network—so your visitors have access to the Internet, but not your computers or data
Use Cisco Connect's Parental Controls to block specific websites and restrict Internet access during certain hours
Customize your network using easily accessible Advanced Settings

New Router - WPA/WPA2 is Awful!!!

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