Setting up a PSP with an Apple Airport is a bit different then going down to the local Grounds for Thought (simple setup). The reason is those places, coffee shops, usually do not use WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) and in my apartment, I do.…
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26 - Roger Kenny
Thank you very much!
" RK
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27 - JM
I'm using a japanese OS and I can't read kanji. Can someone please help me by walking me through where I would find my WEP key (I need to know stuff like what the airport icon would look like, where to click, and exactly what the number will look like).
28 - Laurens
hey guys
Is it possible to connect with a psp without a wireless router. i had a wireless network, but the router broke down so now I only have mij Airport extreem card in my computer.
29 - tinonguyen
What's the WEP key for psp's?
30 - Steve
Here is a curly one - has anyone conencted through a proxy? I can connect fine without a proxy server but as soon as I try to connect through my works proxy I get a DNS error. It never asks me to authenticate against the proxy so it's understandable! It just has option for proxy address and port. I assume the web browser has the authentication protocol but I can't seem to get that far. Has anyone had this problem?
31 - Chris
how do i find my WEP key using windows?
32 - Ken Edwards
I seem to remember reading (before the PSP was released) that proxy would not work.
I would call PSP support, thats why the number is there.
33 - Michelle
I changed the encryption on my airport express from WPA to WEP but only with a 10 character password (I did this a while ago) and my PSP sees my airport but when I try to connect to the internet it says that it cannot get an IP address. Any suggestions?
34 - qmac
Airport users don't give up hope...
After over a week of trying every network trick in the book I was ready to use my PSP for target practice until I finally managed to get online this morning.
By using the Sharing option instead of the Airport Utility I could securely release my internet connection to other users (my PSP) .
I have not yet tested the result fully but a quick firmware update from Sony and a few video clip downloads seem to suggest that I at least have a starting point.
To be honest, apart from using iTunes with airport I knew nothing about wireless networks until this week.
It should have been alot easier to get the PSP to do what it is supposed to but I have learned a huge amount about the system.
Today the PSP...
tomorrow... Wirelss Printing!
I hope this post helps other people who were as frustrated as I was.
35 - qmac
An update on the AirPort post above.
The method I posted for sharing the internet connection with the PSP is limited.
As far as I can make out the PSP seems to link directly to the base station - not to the AirPort Express.
What I was trying to do was browse on the PSP at the other end of the house using the AirPort Express to extend the range of the network.
Has anyone else encountered a similar problem? I'm reasonably certain I have followed every piece of advice on this board but I can't seem to nail this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
36 - Tone
With the new firmware upgrade 2.5 including WPA protection, all you have to do now is choose this option to connect to your PSP to the internet through airport express and it works fine.
After hours of mucking about with previous methods, this worked straight away for me. Don't do it if you like your homebrew, 'cos you'll lose the ability to use it, but if you're like me & just want an easy internet connection, it's definately worth the upgrade.
37 - Ken Edwards
I also like the web browser more then homebrew stuff.
38 - will
how do you find the wep key using windows
39 - Michael
OMG PPL PLZ HELP ME!!!!!! Ok i have a connection called 2wire from sbc. Whats the WEP code...i have no idea what it is....how do i find it? Plz Respond
40 - Kyle
How would I find my WEP key on a linksys? I am confused after all this talk of Apple Airports, and also, I have Windows. The connection shows up as 100%, but requires the WEP key. Any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated.
41 - Ken Edwards
In Windows (and Mac for that matter) if you do not know your WEP key, you probably do not have one. Most likely one has not been set yet.
And for the record, I have absolutely no clue how to find a WEP key in Windows. I have an Apple AirPort Express, and I use it for my Mac, PC, and PSP in my apartment.
Therefore, I have never used any other brand of wireless router. I have never setup a wireless router in all my years of providing tech support other then one from Apple.
I would highly recommend that you check out the help documentation that came with your wireless router (Linksys for example) or check the manufacturers site, or call the manufacturers help line.
It cannot possibly in a million years be this difficult to figure out where in the admin tool of brand x wifi router were you SET your WEP key.
To further clarify, your WEP key is not "found" in Windows per se, it is in the admin too/web page of your wifi router. You need to turn it on.
If you are using your wifi router WITHOUT having WEP turned on you are just asking for all kinds of trouble and freeloaders as it is.
So regardless of your shiny PSP, I implore you to turn on WEP.
It is probably in a section called Security, or something like that. Why these companies make these things difficult is beyond me. It is a simple option to turn on, and you should have it on anyways.
Good luck!
42 - Ken Edwards
Simple Google search people:
link
link
It looks to me like in the Linksys web page there is a button that says "WEP Key Settings."
43 - Steven
Ok, well I use my uncle's computer and he left to another state and i dunno the WEP. I tried using a USB cable but i don't understand how it works, can someone help me? Or tell me how to use the USB cable? It will be much thanked.
44 - cash davis
some 1 plz help me i cant find out my WEP on my windows comp
45 - Steven
I have the same problem.
46 - D3m0nic
Hey guys!
I s there anyone who can help me with the connection problem described?
I have an iMac with built in airport function...I really wanna use wep because i live beside a gas station, and they have wireless network for their customers. Only thing is that their network sucks, and i dont wanna share mine with half the city driving by : )
I have tried with 5, 13, and 26 character passwords...still the PSP gets problems with the access...Without wep it works wery good...but i want to use it with wep...How can i configure this to work??
47 - steve
I've tried all the above - 13 character WEP - 128 bit - b & g compatible - no luck.
Sony support is worthless
Any ideas, suggestings?
Thanks in advance
SV
48 - Ken Edwards
steve et. al. - I get these same questions at my home blog too.
I have setup AirPort here at my apartment and my PSP works. I have used AirPort at my dad's house and the PSP works.
I truly have no idea what everyone's problems is, as I have experienced none of it. Sorry I cannot be of any more help.
49 - mastershredder
I can confirm this issue with WEP using the PSP with the Apple Airport Bases Station. The two issue items are, first, you need to have a 13-character password (the password you use to connect to the wireless network). Second, you also need to set WEP to 128 bit via the airport admin utility. I tried it step by step. After both were corrected I was successfully connected to my network.
Thanks for the tips! I had trouble finding configuration issue discussions and am glad I found this one, which also provides the solution.
50 - Ken Edwards
mastershredder you seem to be one of the lucky ones. I have no idea why this is such a big problem with the PSP. I have not once had a problem setting up Wi-Fi on my PSP, and by now I have a lot of different configurations saved.
I am glad you got it working.
51 - Dave
My psp has been connected with my wireless LAN for nearly 8 months without problems until yesteday.
The psp is running firmware 2.6
The wireless lan is through airport express firmware 6.1.1 - this is setup for 802.11g/b connections.
Prior to the loss of connection, I had been using the wifi with no problems.
Now the problem is that I can no longer establish a connection to my network. I can see several other networks in my area when I try to set up a new connection with the scanning facility, but I don't actually see my network there! I can also connect to other networks around, but because I can't see my network I can't connect to it.
BTW the network is visible always, but is secure with WPA-TKIP.
The only problem is that the network is there, and can be seen by at least my two other computers (one ibook and one xp).
I tried resetting the base station (in case it just need a reset). But no luck.
I have reset the PSP several times, but no luck there.
Normally I would just troubleshoot through till I found an answer, but it appears that the PSP has selectively become blind to my network only.
Any ideas? I see no reason to update to 2.7 as a form of troubleshooting.
thanks in advance for any ideas.
52 - Ken Edwards
Well, I don't have any ideas for you, other than this: Does the PSP support WPA?
53 - Richard
I finally got my PSP to work by changing to g or b wifi. I also used the hex version of my apple password which is 26 letters long, but still allowed me to use the shorter Apple password I have memorized for my network.
You get this password by going into the Airport Administration utility and selecting configure and then click on the password icon at the top of the configure window. It gives you the 26 letter hex code that you "type" in on your PSP.
54 - Duane
Is there any possible way to spoof the mac address on the psp?
55 - The rookie
For all of you trying to conect the psp wireless using an Apple Airpot (graphite) and having problems with the WEP security...
In my case i can see my network and some others but at the time to test the connection, fail. Then I try to turn off the WEP and it works perfectly... But i wasn't satisfy with the WEP off. So doing a little research i found an article in the apple website and the solutions was to use the double quotation mark (") before and after the password when you assign it with the Airport Admin Utility... Then in the PSP you don't have to use the (")
Here is the apple comment:
1. ASCII password
If you were given a password that may be plain language, containing characters from the full range of ASCII, use the double quotation mark (") before and after the password. These are case-sensitive, and they are five characters long for 40-bit encrypted networks or 13 characters long for 128-bit encrypted networks.
Example of 40-bit: "pw123"
Example of 128-bit: "password12345"
Maybe everybody knows about this stupid qoutes (") but i didn't!!
I hope this help!!!
The Rookie
56 - LDS
I assume that my PSP connects to my network as when I select 'Test Connection' the PSP obtains a IP address but when it tests for internet connection it appears to time out and under Network settings Internet connection appears as failed.
My modem is plugged straight into my mac (OS X 10.4.8), Personal Web sharing is selected under both services and firewall. Internet sharing is on.
Is there any other setting I may have missed? I'm not that computer savvy.
57 - Ken Edwards
I am not sure you would be able to use the Mac as a wireless base station. That would be a great question for a forum like macworld or macosxhints.com.
58 - Angel
How do I crack a WEP using my PSP?
59 - someone_12
this is stupid i need the WEPPP password not that i knew that.........
60 - Frank
Don't waste your time. Apple Airports don't work with standard 10 digit WEP networks. What a rip-off.
61 - Ken Edwards
Apple's AirPort work with any password you through at it -- that is the problem. Other devices (in this case the PSP) are looking for the standard number of characters (and only that number) for the bit encryption type you select.
The only argument you could make of Apple's AirPort being a rip-off is on price, not functionality. AirPort cost more than other brands, But some people out there think the cost is justified by things such as the user interface. AirPort Admin is a nice app, and a great interface with the Wi-Fi router.
62 - Frank
Sure, you can type passwords and hex codes until the cows come home, but the only way I can get this iBook to connect to my network is by leaving the network unencrypted. And that's just plain nonsense. My guess is that: 1 - The recent "brain drain" toward iPods and other gadgets Apple makes money on has left them with nothing but second rate hackers to write code for their computers, or 2 - This is just more "proprietary-ness" to get people to buy an Apple Base station, rather than a standard Linksys or Actiontec access point. Either way, they're shooting themselves in the foot.
63 - 2406tommy
spent 4 days trying to get psp to connect to air port extreme base. Turns out that it was on channel 13 (automatic) and needed to be on channel11. As soon as i did this it was fine.
64 - Morty
I have a PS3 and I was trying to connect it to my wireless internet when i pressed scan it came up with mine and others, so i thought what is i use some else internet but i don't know there WEP password, if someone can tell me how to find other people wep password that would save me a lot of money
65 - Ken Edwards
Thats pretty funny. You have wireless internet yet you want to be able to get other people's WEP passwords. Really, great comment.
66 - kady
okay so i have a wireless mac connection, gets signal. but i know where to get my WEP key; but i dont know what it is, how do i find out what it is?
67 - Ken Edwards
So let me get this strait. If you know where to get your WEP key, how do you not know what it is? When you setup an Apple AirPort, the Setup Assistant asks you for what type of encryption you want (WEP) and then asks you to type in a password.
That password is your WEP key. If that did not help you then I would highly suggest, as I have about 742 times above, go to the apple.com forums. or macworld.com forums. or macosxhints.com forums. or call Apple Care. Really.
Good luck and God speed.
68 - Jason
how to crack WEP key using a PSP. is there a way?
69 - Jiff
how the hell do i crack wep keys man!
70 - a.k
help i am in guyana how do i hook mi psp to the web
71 - Oqion
Your PSP should be fully able to handle the Airport in any mode. (as long as you have the latest update and you haven't hacked it)
Search for the network:
You should find it ok, no one seems to have trouble at this stage.
Security:
take what it sets, which is probably WPA-PSK (TKIP)
WPA Key:
This is where the problem comes in. Open the Airport Utility. Select continue until it is showing the network password looking something like *****.
Note here there are 2 passwords, one for the Airport, and one for the network it creates. You want to be on the page showing the network password. Its called "Wireless Password" you will have to click "continue" 3 times to get to the page with the Wireless Password.
Don't bother changing it, that won't do anything.
Instead go to the "Base Station" menu, and select "Equivalent Network Password". It's long right, really freaking long right. Unfortunately this is the WAP Key. You have to type the whole thing into the PSP. It would be nice if Sony had simply used the simple password conversion that Apple and -now- everyone else is using, but they didn't. So type in all 13 to 40 characters all of which will be between 0 (Zero) and F. Thats: 0123456789ABCDEF
That should do it. Have fun.
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72 - bob
I want this simple, I have an airport extreme, (square one) and a old fat PSP. Tell me in easy to understand not nerdy steps how to connect to the net to play online and surf the net?