Originally Posted by
chrislacey
The wireless base station is a D-Link DI-614+. It says speeds up to 22Mbps. I'm assuming that's b?
that's an old 802.11b router with d-link's extension to double the speed to 22. check to see if it has the latest firmware:
http://support.dlink.com/products/re...id=DI%2D614%2B
it has also been discontinued, so consider replacing it with an 802.11g (or draft n if you want). that would not only be faster, but it would be more robust, more secure, have more features, and all around, better. they're really cheap these days.
No encryption is being used (now disabled) as I read that sometimes that causes issues with the wireless connecting to non-apple-supported routers.
sort of. converting wep pass phrases to the hex key isn't standard and it affects more than just macs. the solution is simply using the hexadecimal key on the mac instead of the text pass phrase. since it can be saved, this only needs to be done once.
unfortunately, wep is not very secure - it can be cracked in minutes (literally). not only is wpa encryption substantially more secure, but it also eliminates the above problem too.
I do NOT have the same issue connecting to another wireless connection at home (an unsecured neighbor's connection) - but another macbook had no issues at all connecting to my d-link.
it is certainly possible that your macbook has a problem, but since it works with other base stations and your current base station is old, it might be worth updating the base station.
another thing is the early macbooks (core duo) have a different wireless card than in the more recent core 2 duo models. is that other macbook of the same vintage?
I'm running the newest OS - Tiger. Not sure of the exact version number. The most recent updates (last week) have been installed - both for OS X and for the wireless card.
that's 10.4.9, so that should be ok.