[olpc-help] Troubleshooting Wireless Access

[johannah rodgers]

Hi,

I just received my xo laptop today!  Everything seems to be working 
quite well, however, I cannot connect to the internet via my wireless 
router at home.  I have connected successfully to a Mesh network and 
I've my home router shows up on my "neighborhood" screen, however, it 
just keeps trying to connect and asking me for a Wireless Key.  I've 
spent several hours trying to resolve this issue via the OLPC Support 
Wiki and other user forums, but I have had no luck.  Here are my specs:

I'm using a Westell 6100 router Firmware version 1.0 with a WEP key, 
128 bit encryption and Verizon DSL.

I have a WEP key (all numbers) and no "passphrase" and I "translated" 
the numeric WEP key to a HEX key.  Nevertheless, after multiple 
attempts (and successfully connecting another wireless device to my 
network) I have not been able to connect either with my WEP key or with 
my HEX key.  I then tried to manually configure access via the terminal 
mode and had no success with this either.

I'm wondering if:

1/ I need to update my firmware and, if so, how I do that?

2/ Is it necessary to disable all Mesh networks before trying to access 
a WiFi network?  I disconnected the Mesh network, but in the network 
neighborhood, the circle is still blinking.

3/  Someone on one of the user boards suggested changing the channel to 
1.  My current channel is 11.  I don't know how to change the 
channel--is that something I'd do on my router?

Thank you so much for your help and for your patience in deciphering my 
obviously rudimentary explanations about my router issues.

All best,

Johannah Rodgers