On Thu 16 Nov 2017 at 10:21:57 (-0500), Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 11/16/17, Jeroen Mathon <jeroenmathonmac@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 11/16/2017 11:28 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > >> On Wednesday, 15 Nov 2017 at 19:48, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > >> > >>> When "Authentication Key is required" dialog pops up and the key is > >>> entered,j Connect button remains grayed out/disabled. Thus there is no > >>> way to get through but pressing Cancel button. > >> What type of security are you using? WEP or WPA? I had this problem > >> with a WEP using access point. Switched to WPA and was fine. You should be using WPA2 (AES) with no fallback, as attached. > > A good thing to also note is the length of the key. > > > > I think that the minimal length for the key was something arround 8 > > characters. > > > That's a good one. One of them is 13 characters. I only know that from > messing around with it a couple years ago. > > While doing the same earlier this year, nothing reminded that you need > that odd amount. It seems like that occurred in multiple unrelated > places, too, while I was "grasping at straws". :) > > If I come across my specific case use again, it's at least wishlist > worthy to have some kind of advisement/reminder, e.g. at least a > cursor hover triggered tip, there in your face when you're first > setting that up.. Perhaps the attached is what you mean. Cheers, David.
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