Enabling WEP with passwords on a Linksys BEFW11S4
Dec 03, '02 08:35:33AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
I have a BEFW11S4 Linksys wireless router, and an iBook running 10.2.2. After spending many hours trying to get the WEP to work, I finally figured it out. Go to the router's IP number (192.168.1.1) in your browser and click the radio button "make WEP mandatory." Then go to the WEP settings, type in your password, and press 'Generate.' Copy the first code and then go to the System Preferences in OS X, select the Network pane and then click the Airport tab. Next click "Join a specific network," choose your access point's name then enter a "$" (without the quotes) and then enter your code right after that, without spaces or anything; eg: $3jflk3jfllkd8kdf (made up, obviously).
This does two things. It lets you connect using WEP, and makes it auto connect to the access point when a password is neccessary (rather than going to the pull down Airport menu and selecting the access point).
[Editor's note: I don't have a Linksys here to test this with...]