Setting up WEP security

[swee'pea99]

Can anyone give me a simple 'how to'? I've googled any number of links but they're all useless.

I need to use wep because one of the laptops i want to connect is w98se and can't handle wpa. When I try to set the router for wep I put in a word and it generates four different codes. Is this so I can have one for each pooter I want to connect, and I have to use one of these 8-figure/letter numbers as the 'password' on each one? Thanks if you can help.

 

[arallsopp]

Take the first of the codes it generates from the passphrase, and use that as the wep key / password on each laptop.

Job done.

 

[swee'pea99]

Thanks. I'll try it.

 

[cisamcgu]

On mine there are 4 codes too; but there is a tick box next to each one, and you tick the one (of the four) that you want to use. Then type that sequence of numbers/letters into the computer.

Andrew