Text 50307, 39 rader
Skriven 2008-10-21 09:58:02 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 50299 av Jeff Guerdat (1:124/311)
Ärende: 10/100 vs 54.
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Jeff Guerdat -> Jean Parrot wrote:

 >>         Positive. There are two other APs around but both are locked.
 >>    I want to encrypt mine but nobody here knows what to do with the
 >>    Mac. If I encrypt my AP, Haddes will open some door.

 JG> It's not rocket science.  While I don't have experience with this
 JG> scenario, Linux connects in a way that appears different from the
 JG> Windows way yet it simply needs the same information.  Quite likely, an
 JG> attempt to connect to a new (or modified existing) secured router will
 JG> result in a pop-up where you type in the key.  Not hard at all.  Alan
 JG> and Charles can confirm.  Methinks you're simply throwing roadblocks up
 JG> where none exist.

Macs do fine with encrypted routers-- a long time ago there was an issue where
Mac owners connecting to encrypted non-Apple routers had to enter an extra
character to the pass-phrase (and this was poorly explained by Apple). That's
no longer the case.

For instance, at my house, I have a dLink router with encryption... the various
Macs and Windows and Linux PCs all connect with no problem. When I take one of
my laptops (any OS) to work, there's a commercial-grade wireless router- again
with encryption- and all my systems are easily set to connect to that different
encrypted access point.

The Mac is the easiest of the various systems to set up- if it's in range of a
router (encrypted or not) that it has connected to before, it will simply
connect... if only new routers are available, a dialogue box will automatically
pop up listed the various alternatives, and showing a little padlock icon to
indicate whether they are encrypted or not. (This is with OS X 10.5... you're
using an older version- I forget whether you get the padlocks or not).

Pick one, enter the passphrase, and away you go.
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