megan, don't feel bad -- a lot of programs aren't set up to allow you to do that kind of activity in both directions. It's logical functionality, but programmers have their own peculiar sense of what's logical much of the time. One of the reasons that users are so fond of their Macs is because some of this common-sense utiity gets built in from day one....
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Theodosia - Jul 07, 2008 12:28:46 pm PDT #6919 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
meara - Jul 07, 2008 12:37:33 pm PDT #6920 of 25501
OK, help?
I have wireless. I have a password. regular letters and all. none of this nonsense with forty billion crazy letters and numbers. I has a mac. but my wireless is not an airport. My work computer works on my wireless.
My friend is visiting. Her computer can't figure out how to work on my wireless. It sees it. But only gives us the option of a WEP password, and when we try to type in my password says surely we want a 5 or 13 letter password, or a 40 character hexadecimal blahdiblahblah.... Why?? Is her computer crazy??
megan walker - Jul 07, 2008 12:38:35 pm PDT #6921 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That's funny, since nothing on a Mac seems common-sense to me.
javachik - Jul 07, 2008 12:47:14 pm PDT #6922 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Meara, the WEP is a password that is actually generated (typically) by another password. Others here will have directions for being able to see your router's WEP set up.
(It's been a long time since I owned a MAC, and the instructions probably differ from PC)
Daisy Jane - Jul 07, 2008 12:50:22 pm PDT #6923 of 25501
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I thought techy people might like this (x-post with Bitches) [link]
amych - Jul 07, 2008 12:58:32 pm PDT #6924 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
meara, what OS is your friend running? And what kind (brand/model) of router is it?
meara - Jul 07, 2008 1:58:37 pm PDT #6925 of 25501
XP and my router is ...uh...a Belkin Wireless G router? (I ended up just doing some work for a while and giving her my mac to use)
Jon B. - Jul 07, 2008 3:56:17 pm PDT #6926 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
meara -- Did you try padding the password with trailing blank spaces?
le nubian - Jul 07, 2008 5:59:12 pm PDT #6927 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
meara -
check your router settings. if you have restricted access based on MAC address that might be preventing her from logging in.
tommyrot - Jul 08, 2008 4:42:05 am PDT #6928 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.