2wire Error (An easy solution for the frustrated)

[lloydfitzgerald]

After reading several posts about 2wire invalid error, I following the advice of mkoreiwo, and everything worked (attached below)! I too have used a 2wire router wirelessly on other macs in my home without a problem. I then got a Mac Pro Duo, which worked wirelessly until yesterday when I updated security. The Pro Duo could not connect wirelessly and I got the "invalid" error, even though my Mac Powerbook had no problem connecting.

What I did was hooked up the ethernet.
Typed in "home" in the URL
Changed the name from the default to my own name
Assigned my own WPA password (not WEP)--easier to remember
Changed the channel for kicks (you may not need to do this)
Left the SSID (it's responsible for your connection showing to everyone) enabled because I want people to view my cool name :-)

Hope this helps.

Quote: Originally Posted by mkoreiwo I humbly beg to differ. I've had nothing but a 2WIRE with my Macs, and never had a problem, either with wired, or wireless connectivitiy. For those having issues, please make sure you have the correct name for your wireless network,(from the settings on the router) are broadcasting that SSID, and you have the network open, with no encryption. (I will assume that you have a working wired connection) Once you establish communication this way, you can go step by step, changing the settings on the router and Mac one at a time. I'd start by first hiding the SSIDon the router. You must then tell your Mac in the network preferences to connect to the specific network name that is the SSID on the router. If that works, you can then enable your security on the router. I'd use WPA not WEP, as most people feel WEP is pretty lame. Go back into the Mac network settings, and fix up your encryption to match what you've entered in the router. Really, it should work.... I even altered the 2wire connection settings to be my id and password so the router connects as me and I never need to deal with that on the Mac side. Good luck!

[sodagreen]

I posted this same responce on this same issue on another thread but want to make sure its seen.

I read your guys problems and thought I would offer some words of advice. When they started putting the core2 duo in the Mac book I had to get one so when I did I went to set it up with my 2wire I didn’t have any issues. I was running a 2Wire 270hg and firmware 5.29.51. Upon reading your issues I decided to do some testing. I had access to a couple different model 2wires besides the one I normally use and decided to test them with my Macbook. Here are the results of what I found:
Using a 2701hg-b running firmware 5.29.47 and an 1800hg running firmware 3.7.1 I was unable to recreate the issue of not working with the 2Wire. I was using a Macbook core2duo with 10.4.8. I tried it before the January 07 airport update, after the January update, and after purchasing the 802.11n upgrade. I tried wep open, wep shared, and WPA on both 2Wire. I also tried wpa2 on the 2701 since it was supported by that model HPL. I encountered no difficulties prior to the updates. After the January update I encountered some minor issues initially with wep. To fix it I cleared my preferred networks (located in system preferences, network, show airport and on the airport tab) and the keychain records of the 2Wire in osx. (Located in Apps, Utilities, then Keychain Access remove all 2Wire entries) After resetting the settings I tried WPA and it worked, then verified all the other forms of encryption worked as well. The most probable cause of the issue is either entering invalid settings or the wrong settings were being stored in the Mac preventing it from connecting. A couple other things that are useful in a situation like this is to change the SSID on the 2Wire so that your Mac treats it like a new network and selecting a custom encryption key (your 10-digit phone number for example to do so go to http://gateway.2wire.net then home network and wireless settings to do change the settings). If you specify 40/128 bit hex when entering the wep key than the $ isn’t necessary. The $ also isn’t necessary when using WPA. Next I proceeded to check the encryption after each of the OSX upgrades that are available with multiple 2Wire modems. It worked properly with the 2701 and the January upgrade and all forms of encryption after my previously mentioned trouble shooting. Upon upgrading to enable 802.11N there were no issues with the 2701 or 1800 with all forms of available encryption. If these suggestions don’t help let me know I will be checking back on this thread to see what I can do to help any one having difficulty. One last note, check your computer’s computer name located in system preferences, sharing. If there are any spaces or special characters in your name it could be causing some of your issue, use only letters and numbers not any of the following ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) { } | [ ] \ ; ’ ” : ,./?>< or any others I may not have listed.

[sodagreen]

In addition to my previous post this recently came up. Apple released an update which would increase compatibility with your 2Wire. http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...te2007002.html
Apparently there were some wireless issues that this patch has fixed.