Airport - PowerMac vs iBook G4

Hi, I have a PowerMac G5 and the above iBook G4. The G5 struggles to pick up the wi-fi signal in my flat whereas the G4 has no problem. Bars barely register (although it comes and it goes) on the G5 yet it's a full set on the other one. They're sat right next door to each other as well. I don't know why this is. Is there some easy fix to improve G5 reception?
Thanks,
Stephen.

If your Power Mac G5 is the model that requires an external AirPort antenna, you may want to check it to see if it is installed properly. (ref: Power Mac G5: How to Identify External AirPort and Bluetooth Antennas)

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peebook,
Can you explain your current setup a little more please. I think that this is what you have.
- A router (Wired or wireless? How many ports?)
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If you have a multi port router, you could go from the router to the Airport Express and the iBook, and then use the Powerbook wirelessly?
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Ok, I now understand the problem. The Farallon is not a router, but an Ethernet hub. Signals going to a hub will go to all devices connected to it simultaneously, and this doesn't work well when you have a hub connected directly to a DSL or cable modem ... since the modem is expecting only one device to be connected to it.
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My Airport Express is not detected in airport radar on iBook

Hi,
I am hoping that someone can help me with this. I am at loss as to what to do next!
My Airport Express has been working fine since I returned from holiday a week ago. However, I tried to select my airport express network from my airport radar on my iBook last night and it did not detect it. It detects other networks but not mine!
My network is not protected (secure) yet as I could not install the airport setup utility that came with the Aiport Express Base Station as you need Mac OS X 10.3 or later and I only have 10.2.8. I am waiting to upgrade to Leopard in October (in the UK) so I can install the airport setup utility. Until now, my airport has been working fine. I initially set it up by copying and pasting all the settings from the ethernet tab from (system preferences-network) into the airport tab and it worked fine.
I know that the airport express is working fine as it is permanently green adn I can connect to the internet via ethernet if I plug the ethernet cable into the iBook.
I thought last night that someone had used my unsecure connection and created a secure network behind a password for themselves. However, this cannot be the case as I have PDA and it detected my connection from Airport Express (I recognised its name) and it connected immediately.
Why will the radar on my iBook not detect my connection from Airprt Express? Please help!
Emily_1981

Please refer to the information already posted above:
If you see A1084 or A1088 there, your older Express is not supported by the newer version of AirPort Utility that you have.
If you have another Mac running Leopard or Snow Leopard, or a PC, then you could use that computer to administer the older Express and it will work on the network along with the AirPort Extreme.
If the Mac running Leopard or Snow Leopard or PC does not "see" the A1084 Express, you will need to "hard reset" the Express by holding in the reset button for 10 seconds and waiting a full minute for the Express to restart. Then, reconfigure the Express again.

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When I turn on the computer in the morning, it is lightning fast and pages open almost before I finish clicking!
Are there any suggestions as to why it is heating up and how I can overcome this problem?
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Airport works for ibook but not desktop?

Hi All,
I've got a G5 iBook and a G4 iMac. We've used a DSL modem to connect to the internet with no problems. Recently a friend gave me an airport extreme he no longer used. I've managed to get the iBook working on it, but the desktop doesn't find the server, even when connected with an ethernet cable. No, the desktop does not have an airport card. I'm a bit frustrated, would love some advice, direction, support, insults. Anything at this point.
Cheers!
Jenn
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iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Slip o' the fingers the iBook is also a G4. Proofreading, anyone?
Definitely got the LAN connected between the desktop and the AEBS properly.
However on the WAN port- if I send the WAN between the DSL and the AEBS, then there is no input into the DSL from the phone service. In other words, there is one LAN and one WAN input on both the DSL and AEBS. Unless I can just pop a WAN cord into the LAN site on the DSL, and connect it to the AEBS? I'm not as edumacated on networking as I should be. Plus I'm disgusting myself with the use of acronyms, BTW. Ha.
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Airport card on ibook won't connect to D-Link router

Greetings:
Just bought an airport card to put in my iBook. This replaces a MacSense Aeropad Mini (external wireless card) that has been hanging off the computer and working fine all over the house.
Although I get the iBook to see the airport card (filled-in icon in menu bar) and it tells me there's a signal, I can't get my browser to go to any sites ("Firefox can't find the server at....")
Router is a D-Link DI-514, connected to a Qwest DSL line. I've made sure the WEP hex password # is the same, and I THINK the "network name" is the same (when inputting it in the airport drop-down menu option.
Any ideas on what to do next? Ditch the D-Link and buy an airport base station that'll speak the same language?
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Carlos Alden

Okay, some progress:
After hours of googling and fussing with settings on the D-Link and Airport card, I discovered that this problem has a history with Apple/D-Link users, and one must set the "preamble length" in the router setup to "long." The default setting is "short."
Did that, and I was able to get through, but noticed that the signal range is very short, maybe 30 feet. Totally goes out in the other room. This never happened with the MacSense external card. I tried fooling around with the D-Link antennae and now have cut the signal altogether again and can't get back in.
I think it's time to buy an Airport base station, whatever the latest incarnation of it is. It's pretty frustrating know that there's probably some solution but it's buried deeply. Any ideas on how to get this operating more smoothly would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for any help,
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Can you install a wireless card for the ibook G3 Model: A1007?
I have a friend who wants to upgrade his ibook for his lady.
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Yes I believe so if it is a white model. Its the older airport card (not the extreme). It slips into a slot under the keyboard. You can look under the keyboard by pulling the 2X little tabs just above the top key line and pulling the keyboard towards you.
Looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Airport-Card-Network-adapter/dp/B0000899ZD
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I have a Ti Powerbook G4 1GHz running OS 10.4.5 and recently got my husband a G3 ibook 600 MHz running 10.2.8. I want to get him up and running wirelessly so I thought I would install my Airport card in his book and look for something else or my Powerbook. Do all the 3rd party cards hang out of the laptop and/or have antennas that extend? He surfs about three times a week, I am online 2 or more times a day. I would rarther not have somthing that hangs out or can get caught. However I thought it would be a plus to have my system on 802.11g.....
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Zyvette,Welcome to Apple Discussions.
This sounds like a good plan.
The iBook needs an original Airport card that the Ti has.
Check out this site which has the manuals for all Macs - choose your models and the Airport card instructions are in there.
You certainly can put a 802.11g card in your Ti - it will stick out a little, but it's that or spending $100+ or so on a 2nd hand original Airport card on ebay.
Alternatively I have seen one of these cards crammed inside an Airport slot with some modifications - see this post.
regards
mrtotes

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hello everybody, i have an ibook G4 1Ghz year 2003, i would like to know if the slot in my laptop is for an airport extreme card or another type. thank you.
I hope my question is clear, and sorry for my english

All G4 iBooks use the Airport Extreme card.

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About 3 years ago I bought an iBook. I didn't purchase it with an AirPort card installed. Now I would like to be able to surf the Internet wirelessly. What steps do I take and what do I need to buy to make that happen?

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First thing you need is an Airport Base Station, or a wireless router. I prefer the Airports because they are easy to set up and are great quality. The different Airports are Airport Express or Airport Extreme. You should go to the Airport Discussion page to find out more information. For the card you will want an Airport Extreme Card. I think this document from PBFixit will help. It is the instructions oh how to install an Airport Extreme Card in an iBook G4.
I hope that helps,
Jon 
I am not an Apple employee nor am I associated with the company in any way.

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So, I have a 2003 ibook G3 that has no airport card installed and an old ibook G3 that does have an airport card. The old G3 is one of those cool "clam" ibooks, so it's relatively old and running OS 9. The 2003 G3 is running OS X.4.5. I don't use my old ibook anymore, so I'd really like to just swap the airport card from the old G3 and put it in my 2003 ibook. Does that work? Any reason I shouldn't? Cannibalizing parts makes me a little nervous.
Here are the specs on the two computers:
2003 ibook G3 (PowerPC 750) 900 mhz
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Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
You have stumbled onto a veritable gold mine!
Yes. They will work fine in a G3 iBook (any G3 iBook).
If you are looking to run 10.4 on a G3 though, look for one that has had its hard drive upgraded (the bigger, the better). And lots of memory, too. The iBook G3 (Dual UB) can take 640 MB with a 512 MB RAM module added to the 128 MB soldered to the logic board. (Some of the very earliest 500 MHz models had only 64 MB on the logic board, so are only upgradeable to 576 MB of RAM.)
I hope you have nearly as much luck finding a good iBook as you did finding the AirPort cards!

Airport cards in ibook

Does anyone know if an emac airport card would fit/work in an ibook that has no card at present?

I bumped into this thread while trying to get an old G3 ibook 500mhz iBook [OSX 10.4.11] connected to a new router.
The problem was that the wireless password was not being recognised. The computer was able to connect to unsecured networks, but not mine.
It transpires that the old Airport card is only '802.11 b' compatible. You can check this out on wiki - newer standards came in years later. The router should be 802.11 b/g/n compatible, according to its settings - but it just refused to accept the iBook's password.
I found threads which said put a $ sign first - or change the settings to just 802.11 b, or to WEP from WPA2 - and so on. Mind numbing stuff which sadly did not seem to do the trick.
The latter remedies would affect the rest of the network (5 various Macs) - so were less than ideal.
By chance I bought last week an EdiMax EW-7711 USB wireless adapter [802.11 n compatible] off Amazon for c.£12/$15 - much less than an Airport card. I was setting up an oldish Mac Mini for the kids to use. It worked first time (yes, I was surprised too).
I tried it on the iBook - instant results. So the moral is - beware of buying an 'ancient' Airport card - it may not work with a new router. If it does, it may work less fast than a newer device. It may force you to lower your wireless network speed generally.
Obviously, your router may be more forgiving - and the internal card is more elegant than a USB stick.
Good luck. There are posts out there from people who struggled for much too long to no avail to get their Airport card working.
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Resolution of Logic Board/Airport card failure - iBook G4 2005?

Well, after my first post this morning, I was kindly advised to post a new topic regarding my kernel panics and not-so-nice grey screens of death!
So here goes....
I had experienced this problem since January, when my iBook purchased in April 2006 was coming up to it's first birthday. The problem was this - the iBook would freeze and i'd get a message stating that I needed to re-start. After re-starting, i'd get about 2-3 minutes of use, before the symtoms occured again.
I had the logic-board and airport card replaced twice, by an Apple Store, back in January. The first replacement failed as soon as I got it home, the second replacement failed last night.
So, somewhat dejectedly, I drove to Apple this morning, after booking a Procare session. I was expecting a bill of around £450, as that's what they quoted me back in January, if I had to pay for it. This time I would, as my iBook was 1 month out of warranty, with no Apple Care extended support.
Upon arriving 45 minutes early for my session at the 'Genius Bar', I was promptly served, and advised the tech-guru guy what the issue was. Upon looking at the logs, he checked my warranty, found it had expired, then told me to 'wait', and disappeared into the back office.
Some 5 minutes later, he reappeared, and simply said "have you still got the box for the iBook?"
I did, but it was at home, some 45 minutes away. Then he said these magic words - "We're going to replace it, and give you a new MacBook, free-of-charge"
I was blown away by this approach. I'd expected a repair, possibly a charge, depending on whether they realised that both replacements had been faulty. However, with a machine 1 month out-of-warranty, I did NOT expect a replacement machine.
However, that's what I got. So, I'm composing this thread on a brand-new MacBook Intel Core-2 Duo, with the new spec 1GB RAM and 80GB hard drive.
So, I'd like to take this moment to commend Apple on their outstanding customer-focused approach. Well-done on resolving my issue. Good luck to the rest of you experiencing similar issues.
iBook G4 2005 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Your ibook G4 (purchased april 06 probably being the 1.3 ghz model) was worth about 440 pounds second hand. The quoted repair bill of 450 was higher than the price of the machine itself, and you were going to pay it?
There are unopened macbooks on ebay for 520-540 pounds (inc apple sales receipts+warranty).
Them asking you for the box means they're going to con another customer into buying your broken machine.

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