Networking

It came to my attention recently that the Nintendo DS seems to have some problems connecting to networks that use a security protocol known as WEP Transitional, they can’t cope with WPA at all.  When you try to browse for networks the DS will tell you that the network has an unsupported security type.  The [...]

If you have a Mac and have recently installed RealPlayer and found that your network connection speed on your computer has slowed to a crawl, the two might be related.  This has been popping up quite a bit I am told, someone with a Mac will suddenly find themselves unable to get to websites or [...]

So here is the problem, you have a network but it isn’t quite powerful enough to cover your entire home/apartment/trailer/commune and you have either an AirPort Express or an AirPort Extreme 802.11n base station.  What you need to get is another AirPort Express and then set them up to extend your network’s signal.  You do [...]

For whatever reason, Apple has deemed the 40/64 bit networks to be so insecure as to warrant dropping them from support in 10.5.  You may still get them to work occasionally, but with each new update to 10.5 it gets harder and harder to connect and to stay connected to those networks.  If you are [...]