Orinoco Wireless + Linksys 54G

ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
I've searched, and im still being a dumbass and yes, I did read the manual. Im showing my inate weakness with Wireless routing.. so bare with me ok ;)

I got the quite wonderful Linksys/Cisco 54G wireless router that Thrax recommends (it is a beauty). Now to connect my laptop to it.

ooook.. well..

Ive set a unique SSID, turn off broadcast, set up mac filtering... now just to do the WEP bit. Which is where I become unstuck...

My orinoco (built in 11B)..

Shared Im assuming is correct...
encryption = WEP...
What do I put in the wep key box?

Help :hiding:

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Never mind. I solved it. Stupid inbuilt doesn't support 128bit :(

    Im gonna go hunt out a PCMCIA card that supports WPA :vimp:
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited December 2003
    Hi Shorty,

    From personal experience I can confirm that the Cisco Aironet 350 card works faultlessly with the WR54G.

    We use these cards in our work lappies and I use the WR54G at home. It supports 128bit encription, dont know about WPA, cos I dont know what it is. :(

    Cisco Aironet 350
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    WPA = WiFi protected access :)

    It replaces WEP as an encryption method for wireless and is considerably more secure ;)

    http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=22890#story-start
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited December 2003
    Ah,, consider myself enlightened,

    thanks
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    An aironet card is definitely what Im looking at.. depending on if they support WAP :D
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited December 2003
    Looking at the data sheet it would appear not :( only epa which I know is what we use at at work.

    Data Sheet
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    The 340 does - http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL1201H/vnewsf2.htm
    350 doesn't mention it - http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/ao350ca.htm
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Shorty: One snafu to watch out for with setting up WAP.

    I have a linksys wrt54g with the latest firmware. It supports both TKIP and AES encryption. The Intel PRO/2100 adapter built into the wife's laptop only supports TKIP. I set the AP to AES, knowing that AES is the stronger of the two methods, and boom ... I'm locked out of the AP. So, make sure you have the right method selected on both devices before you start :)
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