new to RA and connecting to Mac

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aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Hi Guys anyone out there able to suggest anything cheers
rimai
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Try changing the security to WPA2-PSK with AES Encryption
Roberto.
aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Nope played with both options, had it set to WPA2 Personal intitally, changed it to WPA/WPA2 Personal but no difference.

When I look at the ssid for the airport (Using system profiler and then looking at airport) I see BSSID ( is this the same?) and the corresponding number, 6 sets of either two digits, two letters or combinations of both separated by a colon. I am putting this in in this format correct?

the firewall is allowing all incoming connections
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Does your router have push button?
How far away are you from the router?
If not, make sure that the SSID and the password is the exact same case.
ReefAngel is not the same as reefangel, Reefangel or REEFANGEL.
Roberto.
aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Hi Roberto,
the reefangel wifi box doesnt have a push button to connect.
I have not checked the airport device yet, will do so when I get home.
Airport router is one room away, I would guess about 8-10 metres
Have checked the upper and lower case settings on both the ssid and password as well as trying multiple combinations but to no effect.

Ill check the airport for a push button when I get home tonight from work
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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If the wifi doesn't have the push button, it won't help.
Can you use Tera Term or putty to enter into command mode and get the result of the command below?

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Roberto.
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Can you post a screen shot of what your seeing when you search for your wifi network from your mac?
command+shift+3 will do that and post on your desktop.. The numbers with the colon sounds like a mac address.
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aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Will do guys , thanks for your help, gotta head to work now and will attcak it when i get home tonight and let you kno how I go
aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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rimai wrote:If the wifi doesn't have the push button, it won't help.
Can you use Tera Term or putty to enter into command mode and get the result of the command below?

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Hi Roberto will try this as well when i get home but what are "terra Term" and "Putty", I am a complete newb when it comes to IT stuff
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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They are serial terminals.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgta ... nload.html
http://www.ayera.com/teraterm/
Make sure that you connect at 57600 baud.
Take a look at the manual for more info on how to enter command mode, but basically it is open serial connection and type $$$.
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I'm using coolterm on my Mac. Works good once you figure out what your doing. Lol.
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aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Ok guys getting there.

Have learnt how to take screen shots on a mac :mrgreen:
and upload picture on the forum :mrgreen:
uploaded coolterm as it was the only one that i could see that had an option for Mac os :mrgreen:

Now what?
I managed to get a string of $$$ sent and you can see the cool term screen shot, but really have no idea what I am doing or looking for here :?:

Ive still got to get a screen shot of the other errors, hopefully I will get some more time tonight to get to it, only had about 10 minutes before shooting off to work again

thanks for your continued support cheers
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Awesome!!!
When you see the <2.32> you are ready to send commands to the module.
Try this command:

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You need to hit enter after the command.
Roberto.
aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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cool, of course I'm at work now so wont get to it until later this arvo. Im afarid IT stuff with me is like extracting teeth with a spoon, painful and often fruitless :-), and I havenet even got to really playing with th e code yet, although I did check out the wizard the other day and that looks like it will solve a lot of my coding for me
aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Okay scanned it and got two results both for my airport. The first one is the primary one and the second one is the guest network

Is there any particular way I should be putting these into the wifi wizard, can I copy and paste. Just left out the last digits of both addresses

SCAN:Found 2
Num SSID Ch RSSI Sec MAC Address.Suites
1 PROMETHEUS 08 -62 WPA2PSK 10:9a:dd********** AES/TKIPM-TKIP 3104
2 PROMETHEUS Guest Network 08 -63 WPA2PSK 1a:9a:dd:8******** AESM-AES 3104

almost there, I will go and double check my passwords for each of these, i know the primary one works because thats what I am on now :mrgreen:
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Hi Guys have a screen shot of the wifi wizard status now, still now joy on connecting. Hope the photo isnt too small tho
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dbmet
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If the Prometheus is the ssid that your connected to on your laptop then that's what you need to put in the wifi wizard in the spot that says ssid. You have a MAC address in that spot now. You can look at the wifi signal indicator on your Mac in the top right corner to make sure that's the name of your ssid.
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Also, I think WPA2PSK-TKIP encryption is not supported by the manufacturer.
Try changing it to WPA2PSK-AES encryption.
Roberto.
aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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thanks roberto, its likely to be the encryption thing, ill check how to change this and give it a shot cheers steve
aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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AND TODAY'S I.T. AWARD GOES TO......... :?:
Me :!:
For putting in the code string for the ssid instead of the name of the airport which had been staring at me all the time. Of course once that was plugged in it worked first time. Also note that when you are in the wizard (for mac anyways) you can't hit 'all caps' as the text box recognizes this as a keyed input (little faded square) and screws up your ssid.

of course IT savvy people would know this, but for the rest of us mere mortals, well enough said.

Thanks to Roberto and others for walking me through this reeeaaally slowly :mrgreen:
dbmet
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new to RA and connecting to Mac

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Wahoooo now the real fun begins of coding everything.
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aus996
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Re: new to RA and connecting to Mac

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yep thats next :mrgreen:
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