Hi Michael-<br><br>Your symptoms are pretty common. There are known problems with WEP<br>in the 650 (shipping) load.<br><br>The solution you came up with (disable WEP) is one of the more common<br>ones for those who can do that.
<br><br>Other possible solutions include:<br> - other security settings your Access Point might have: 128 Bit WAP is better supported in the 650 load.<br> - Upgrade to the 653 load: See:<br> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activated_Upgrade">
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activated_Upgrade</a><br><br>Take a look at this page, consider your options, and let us know back here which one you want to pursue.<br><br>-- <br>Steve Holton<br><a href="mailto:sph0lt0n@gmail.com">
sph0lt0n@gmail.com</a>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 31, 2007 10:04 PM, Michael Moss <<a href="mailto:mossm@nytimes.com">mossm@nytimes.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
OK, this is really dumb, I know. But I've been through the FAQs and<br>XO forums and don't see anything quite for my problem, which must be<br>quite typical.<br><br>We're having trouble connecting our son's XO to our home wireless
<br>system. We have Verizon DSL wireless at home, with a WEP 64-bit<br>encryption passcode. All works well when I take the WEP off, and run<br>the wireless system unsecured. The XO connects just fine. But when<br>the WEP is on, I can't get the XO connected. I tried using the same
<br>passcode we use for our microsoft and mac laptops. No luck, I also<br>tried converting the passcode to HEX, but that seems to require a 128-bit code.<br><br>Thanks for your guidance.<br><br>Rgds and happy new year,<br>
<br>Michael Moss<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>community-support mailing list<br><a href="mailto:community-support@lists.laptop.org">community-support@lists.laptop.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/community-support" target="_blank">
http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/community-support</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Steve Holton<br><a href="mailto:sph0lt0n@gmail.com">sph0lt0n@gmail.com</a>