<OT> iMac question

[Susan Macchia]

Hmmm - I have an ibook running leopard connecting wirelessly with no 
problem.  I have WEP enabled.  The first time we connected to it I had 
to enter the WEP key as the password.

HTH,
Susan

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 08:58 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>>> IIRC, some folk on this list are using iMacs. I now have one - and a
>>> wireless issue. Anyone out there know anything in this area?
>> Could you be a bit more specific?
> 
> I have a wireless access point that is working fine for other computers
> at home (both Linux and XP boxes). When I try to connect to the access
> point from the iMac, it claims that I need a password. I use MAC address
> to limit access to the access point. There is no password. My choice :)
> All other systems I have get this correct. Not the iMac. There is
> another access point in the area that is oddly fully open. I can connect
> to that from the iMac without a password. So I know the iMac can, should
> it choose to do so, well, do so. So why is it confused about my access
> point? I even tried turning off ALL access control in the access point
> (meaning any MAC address can connect to it) just to see if the iMac was
> happier. Nope.
> 
> I am also convinced that the iMac is somewhat less than robust at
> maintaining wireless connections. When it shows the list of available
> networks, the items in the list pop in and out at great speed. I have
> never seen this in lists on my other boxes.
> 
> I am running the latest Leopard, with whatever updates are currently
> available. The computer is only a few days old. 
> 
> The wired lan works fine.
> 
>> BTW:  I have been thinking that a list like this would be very
>> useful for OS X issues as well as I have not found anything but
>> lists addressing highly specific topics.
> 
> I like the BSD underneath. I feel sort of at home. But Apple being
> Apple, not all is as expected. But it is enough to feel competent.
> 



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