Linksys: Changing Wireless Security Type/ Disabling Wireless Security

changing wireless security type/ disabling wireless security

Hey nyan dude!

Is your airport extreme router using WEP security? The Xbox 360 has occasionally been unable to obtain an IP address when the router uses WEP security. If you're able, try using WPA2 instead.

In case it's helpful, here's what the thread on that router says about changing the security type:

Changing Wireless Security Type/ Disabling Wireless Security

1. Open the AirPort Admin Utility. (It is installed in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, and in Start > All Programs > AirPort on computers using Windows.)
   
2. Click on your base station.
3. Enter the admin password you created when the device was initially setup.
4. Click the edit button on the resulting pop up.
5. Select Wireless from the tabs at the top.
6. Select the desired Security Type from the Wireless Security drop down. Select None for no Wireless Security.
   
7. Click the Update button in the lower right.

Hope that helps!

a few things to try;

Change the security type on for your wireless

Change the Channel your wireless is using

What type of Security method are you using to secure your wireless network, WEP, WPA, WPA2?

What type of encryption method are using, along with the security method, WEP/TKIP, AES/CCMP?

Make sure you have WPS (Wifi Protected Setup) disabled on your wireless router. Manually setup your wireless security.

If you go to your consoles network settings and "detailed network statistics" what is your current signal strength?

Try changing the wireless security type to either WEP or No Security. If it's one of the f9k series, it has issues with both WPA and WPA2 security.