Here's the situation. My roommate and I just got DSL and have it running through a wireless network (D Link 802.11b "base station").

My friend is very paranoid about security, so we are trying our best to have a secure network. He has the DLink turned on to 128 bit encryption.

I can join the network from my rev A ibook, OS 10.2.1, but in order to do so, I have to select the network from the little icon in my menu bar, and then change the pop-up box from Password to 128 bit ASCII encryption.

He also would like to turn the "broadcast" function off. However, I can't figure out how to join the network when he turns this off. I can no longer pull up the network from the airport icon in the menu bar. When I choose connect or create network, it only gives me an option to type a password, but not to enter a 128 bit encryption key.

My question boils down to this: how do I join an 802.11b network when it has WEP encryption on AND is not broadcasting. I have the network name, and I know the encryption key, I just can't figure out how to enter the key.

If you can help me, please do so.

Thank you,

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