Airport card fails four times out of five

Most times my alu macbook says there's no airport card installed. Some times it realises there is and connects to the internet fine.
Anyone know a fix?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2482232?start=0&tstart=0

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Airport card failed...again

My Macbook pro is around 15 months old and out of warranty. 3 months ago the airport card began failing every now and then, until eventually it wouldn't turn on at all. It got fixed and the problem disappeared, but a few weeks ago it started happening again, with regular crashes, until it wouldn't turn on anymore. I have just got it back after apple replaced the 'bracket, front hard drive, with IR / Sleep / HD cable' and the hard drive. It then keeps asking me for a key chain password to do anything (I didn't have one before), and the wireless switches off on its own, without the option of turning it back on.
Can anyone tell me what the problem is???

Given your experience I believe it's unlikely the problem is due to a failed AirPort card. You replaced it twice and it failed twice. I would pursue another cause, but there is nothing left to do on a MBP except to replace its logic board.
If you did not purchase AppleCare your warranty has now expired, and a new motherboard will approach the cost of a brand new MacBook Pro. Considering the circumstances, I would appeal to a Genius to consider the repair efforts conducted so far and discuss the most inexpensive solution. Good luck!

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I am trying a test setup of OVM3.1.1-305. I am using OpenFiler for iSCSI disks and have created 20GB iSCSI disk for Pool FileSystem and another 260GB iSCSI disk for Data Repository. The server pool gets created fine with the Pool FS and HA and Cluster options enabled. But while exposing the iSCSI disk for data store the job times out. Details of the error message is as below, please help!
The Job has timed out while executing, and will be aborted.
Job Construction Phase
begin()
Appended operation 'File System Construct' to object '0004fb000009000001b30fa7bc24bef1 (Local FS ibcovs1)'.
Appended operation 'Cluster File System Present' to object 'fb5840a9a3a78f51'.
Appended operation 'Repository Construct' to object '0004fb00000300009bfb51738df3f282 (OPNFILER (2))'.
commit()
Completed Step: COMMIT
Objects and Operations
Object (IN_USE): [LocalFileServer] 0004fb000009000001b30fa7bc24bef1 (Local FS ibcovs1)
Operation: File System Construct
Object (CREATED): [Repository] 0004fb00000300009bfb51738df3f282 (OVSRepos)
Operation: Repository Construct
Object (IN_USE): [LocalFileServer] 0004fb0000090000a8d525219658c28a (Local FS ibcovs2)
Object (IN_USE): [Cluster] fb5840a9a3a78f51
Operation: Cluster File System Present
Object (CREATED): [LocalFileSystem] 0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 (fs_OVSRepos)
Object (IN_USE): [StorageElement] 0004fb0000180000bf6e8d3ff957b21b (OPNFILER (2))
Job Running Phase at 04:01 on Mon, Dec 3, 2012
Job Participants: [44:45:4c:4c:48:00:10:44:80:52:b4:c0:4f:33:42:53 (ibcovs1), 44:45:4c:4c:48:00:10:46:80:32:c6:c0:4f:34:42:53 (ibcovs2)]
Actioner
Starting operation 'File System Construct' on object '0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 (fs_OVSRepos)'
Job: 1354487506506, aborted post-commit by user: admin
Write Methods Invoked
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=2477 method=addTransactionIdentifier accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileServerDbImpl vessel_id=788 method=createFileSystem accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setName accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setFoundryContext accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=onPersistableCreate accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setLifecycleState accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setRollbackLifecycleState accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setRefreshed accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setBackingDevices accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setUuid accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setPath accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setSimpleName accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=addFileServer accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setStorageDevice accessLevel=6
Class=StorageElementDbImpl vessel_id=1121 method=addLayeredFileSystem accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setSimpleName accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileServerDbImpl vessel_id=922 method=addFileSystem accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=addFileServer accessLevel=6
Class=ClusterDbImpl vessel_id=1340 method=addLocalFileSystem accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setCluster accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=setAsset accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=createRepository accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setName accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setFoundryContext accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=onPersistableCreate accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setLifecycleState accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setRollbackLifecycleState accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setRefreshed accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setDom0Uuid accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setSharePath accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setSimpleName accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setFileSystem accessLevel=6
Class=LocalFileSystemDbImpl vessel_id=2486 method=addRepository accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setManagerUuid accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setVersion accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=addJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setSimpleName accessLevel=6
Class=RepositoryDbImpl vessel_id=2492 method=setDescription accessLevel=6
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=2477 method=setCompletedStep accessLevel=6
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=2477 method=setAssociatedHandles accessLevel=6
Job Internal Error (Operation)com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_B000E Storage plugin command [storage_plugin_createFileSystem] failed for storage server [0004fb000009000001b30fa7bc24bef1] failed with [com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispatch to server: ibcovs1 failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 storage_plugin_createFileSystem oracle.ocfs2.OCFS2.OCFS2Plugin 0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 /dev/mapper/14f504e46494c4552637a6f5154372d7643426d2d49333763 0, Status: java.lang.InterruptedException
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012] OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispatch to server: ibcovs1 failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 storage_plugin_createFileSystem oracle.ocfs2.OCFS2.OCFS2Plugin 0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 /dev/mapper/14f504e46494c4552637a6f5154372d7643426d2d49333763 0, Status: java.lang.InterruptedException
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.StoragePluginAction.processException(StoragePluginAction.java:1371)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.StoragePluginAction.createFileSystem(StoragePluginAction.java:894)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.op.physical.storage.FileSystemConstruct.createFileSystem(FileSystemConstruct.java:57)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.op.physical.storage.FileSystemConstruct.action(FileSystemConstruct.java:49)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.collectable.ManagedObjectDbImpl.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(ManagedObjectDbImpl.java:1009)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:330)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:290)
at com.oracle.odof.core.storage.Transaction.invokeMethod(Transaction.java:822)
at com.oracle.odof.core.Exchange.invokeMethod(Exchange.java:245)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.physical.storage.LocalFileServerProxy.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(Unknown Source)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.operationActioner(JobEngine.java:218)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.objectActioner(JobEngine.java:309)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.InternalJobDbImpl.objectCommitter(InternalJobDbImpl.java:1140)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:330)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:290)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.invokeMethod(BasicWork.java:136)
at com.oracle.odof.command.InvokeMethodCommand.process(InvokeMethodCommand.java:100)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.processCommand(BasicWork.java:81)
at com.oracle.odof.core.TransactionManager.processCommand(TransactionManager.java:773)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processCommand(WorkflowManager.java:401)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processWork(WorkflowManager.java:459)
at com.oracle.odof.io.AbstractClient.run(AbstractClient.java:42)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispatch to server: ibcovs1 failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 storage_plugin_createFileSystem oracle.ocfs2.OCFS2.OCFS2Plugin 0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 /dev/mapper/14f504e46494c4552637a6f5154372d7643426d2d49333763 0, Status: java.lang.InterruptedException
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:507)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendDispatchedServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:444)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:378)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.StoragePluginAction.createFileSystem(StoragePluginAction.java:890)
... 27 more
Caused by: com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.IllegalOperationException: OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 storage_plugin_createFileSystem oracle.ocfs2.OCFS2.OCFS2Plugin 0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 /dev/mapper/14f504e46494c4552637a6f5154372d7643426d2d49333763 0, Status: java.lang.InterruptedException
Mon Dec 03 04:03:48 IST 2012
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendAction(ActionEngine.java:798)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:503)
... 30 more
FailedOperationCleanup
Starting failed operation 'File System Construct' cleanup on object 'fs_OVSRepos'
Complete rollback operation 'File System Construct' completed with direction=fs_OVSRepos
Rollbacker
Executing rollback operation 'File System Construct' on object '0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 (fs_OVSRepos)'
Complete rollback operation 'File System Construct' completed with direction=DONE
Objects To Be Rolled Back
Object (IN_USE): [LocalFileServer] 0004fb000009000001b30fa7bc24bef1 (Local FS ibcovs1)
Object (CREATED): [Repository] 0004fb00000300009bfb51738df3f282 (OVSRepos)
Object (IN_USE): [LocalFileServer] 0004fb0000090000a8d525219658c28a (Local FS ibcovs2)
Object (IN_USE): [Cluster] fb5840a9a3a78f51
Object (CREATED): [LocalFileSystem] 0004fb00000500000cd1d94d87e829e8 (fs_OVSRepos)
Object (IN_USE): [StorageElement] 0004fb0000180000bf6e8d3ff957b21b (OPNFILER (2))
Thanks & Regards

check your messages log and etc on the VM server. The job log doesn't go into enough detail to tell what's causing the issue. It did fail cleanup. Meaning.... that your ocfs2 filesystem is probably orphaned. You have have to clear the iSCSI LUN before trying again.

Airport card failed?

I bought this 12" ibook g3 900mhz (running 10.3.9) about a week ago and the airport card was working fine until last night the card wouldn't find my network or the other networks around. It recongises that there is a airport card but doesn't show my network i have not updated anything on it for the past few days.
Thanks in advance.

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Have you changed your network encryption in the past few days? The iBook's original AirPort Card will not work with WPA2 encryption.
Have you tried turning the AirPort Card off and back on again?
AirPort Cards don't fail very often, but it does happen once in awhile. (It happened to one of mine, in fact.)
Have you tried removing and re-seating the AirPort Card?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=111919

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I have had problems with my internal Airport card, I was having problems when the macbook started with not airport card detection, card overheating after using, this happened randomly.
After a apple certificated distribuitor test (for warranty) they found that it was only the airport card, they changed. After that, I have less issues with airport, but I still have the problem that the airport card doesn't work (disabled) after wake from suspended mode.
Is it a software or hardware issue?
Any idea, suggestion or fix?
I really desappointed with mac performance/quality after these issues.

Hello,
I guess I'm having same issue like yours, but my card somehow start to work when I turn airport off then on again. Once macbook awake from sleep or suspended mode, the WIFI signal would shown in "weak" status, then turn "strong" suddenly, but the actual connection is very unstable. I need to turn off the card then on again every time to solve the problem. I tried SMC reset or other method, but the problem still remain...

2008 MacBook Pro 17" eats airport cards

I have a 2008 MacBook Pro which was under AppleCare support and had it's AirPort card replaced several times. A few weeks after the support expired, again the last card Apple put in started to fail and soon became unusable. The local apple store refused to help despite the long history them having to replace the card over and over. I bought one on eBay and it was fine for four months and then it too failed.
This is very strange but it seems this unit is somehow burning it's AirPort card. I installed a temperature monitor software and the temps looked fine to me. Could it be overvoltage supplied to the card? I've search online and not found any reports of similar issues with this model.
Symptoms:
1: Networking over AirPort stops working. Turning AirPort off and then back on results in it staying off...will not come back on. Hard restart helps but it fails same way a short time later.
2: The system totally freezes. Cursor stops moving, last sound in progress loops. Game graphics (World of Warcraft) sort of keeps going with animations but the UI is non responsive.
Depsite the temps looking ok to me, my feelign is I have not monitored it to much and do not know what is a valid max temp so, maybe it's cooking them. It did seem like letting it cool off helps though, maybe it is just letting it sit for awhile because sometimes just quick restart helped for a while (minutes).
Makes sense? Should I push Apple to get this fixed? They knew it kept destroying AirPort cards and they never fixed that issue.
Note Apple also replaced the motherboard at one point due to NVIDIA GPU issue. Also they replaced the battery as it was swelling so bad it stopped the trackpad button from working.

I suspect a loose cable in the display connection, try cleaning the ports and reconnect the cables.
you can take this to a shop,
or
if you want to DIY, read this guid carefully.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Pro_17%22_Models_A1151_A1212_A1229_and_A126 1
good luck.

Problem with Airport Card

Hi
I've just moved to a house which has a third party router for pc wireless internet access. I have a G3 ibook and have just bought a (frighteningly expensive) original Airport card from ebay so i can join the wireless fun.
I have installed the card as per the instructions on the apple site, however my ibook won't recognise it as being installed (under Network, Network Port Configurations, the only options are for the modem or ethernet - I am currently using the ethernet which is not ideal). I have taken the card out and re-installed it several times but no joy.
I fear I may have bought a duff card, but I don't know if i'm am missing something obvious with regard to setting it up. Please help!
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According to this AirPort Quick Assist by Apple, if your computer doesn't see the card, it isn't installed properly.
My AirPort card failed on me. The way we determined that was my husband swapped cards with me. My card wouldn't work in his iBook, either, and his card worked fine in mine. You may, indeed, have received a bad card.
Read through that AirPort Quick Assist article and follow the links. If nothing there helps, you may want to check out the AirPort Forum to see if someone there has any further suggestions for you.
In my experience, outside of that card failing on me, AirPort has always "just worked."
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I bought a Spring 2010 13" Macbook Pro refurbished from Apple in late April of 2011. Two weeks later the airport card failed and Apple installed a new one for me. Everything was fine until July 28th 2012, since then i've had nothing but problems with both the airport card in my computer and the service at the local Apple store.
Sometimes when I wake my computer back up the WiFi symbol isn't connected and it says something along the lines of "No Airport Card Installed" or "Airport card Uninstalled". At this point I have to make an Genius Bar appointment and drive to the Apple store and they give me some kind of band-aid solution that only works for the day, or just a couple hours and then I no longer have internet again.
I went through this process (no connection, Genius Bar appointment, and then my airport card fails later that day or the next day) about 5 times. Sometimes two appointments with the genius bar in the same day.
Finally one of the Geniuses recommended that pay $107 for a new airport card and this would fix the problem, so I did. When I got my Macbook back it worked for 3 days, so then The Genius bar gave me yet again another band-aid solution (zapped my P-Ram or something) and sure enough it worked for a day and then I lost connection again.
I brought it back again and one Genius said they would take it in, look at it and go over the whole computer carefully. He also said that it is not an Airport Card issue, but possible a connection to the airport card. He also said that I might need to buy yet another part, but that the $107 I already paid would go toward that part, which I appreciated.
So I got my computer back 2 days ago and all they did was install another Airport card and today my Aiport card failed again. Did they even listen to me? When I got it back from them and told me they put a new airport card in I said we talked about this and that wasn't the probelm, and they just corrected me and said that it was the problem. What?! They didn't even read over any of the notes they took down from my last visit!?
I have been to the Genius Bar about 7 or 8 times now (I would have gone more but I was out of town for a week) and I'm not getting the right answer for a busted computer that I have only had for about a year. Are they keeping something from me? This has been an awful experience despite how kind everyone acts at the apple store.
Thanks for reading, I hope someone out there has a solution for me.

Given your experience I believe it's unlikely the problem is due to a failed AirPort card. You replaced it twice and it failed twice. I would pursue another cause, but there is nothing left to do on a MBP except to replace its logic board.
If you did not purchase AppleCare your warranty has now expired, and a new motherboard will approach the cost of a brand new MacBook Pro. Considering the circumstances, I would appeal to a Genius to consider the repair efforts conducted so far and discuss the most inexpensive solution. Good luck!

Intermittent Airport Card Connections

I have an Airport 'Snow' base station, and a Powermac G4 'Sawtooth', and an iBook G3, both equipped with Airport 802.11b cards. Both computers are within 30' of the base station. Recently, the G4's Airport connection has been working only intermittently. The Airport icon in the menu bar on the G3 lists no available networks to join. On the 3 occasions before this happened, the signal level shown in the 'Internet Connect' app would drop by about two thirds, from its normal 100% strength. After about 2 or 3 days, the Airport card begins functioning again. I had thought originally that it might be interference from one of my neighbors' wireless networks here in my condo; but after downloading and using the iStumbler app and the iStumbler Spectrum Dashboard widget, I can see that my neighbors' networks are all on different channels and frequencies. On the occasions when the Airport card failed to connect or to see any networks, I was also unable to create a computer to computer network with the card. And after creating a network on my iBook with it's Airport card, the G4 failed to see the iBook's network. This all leads me to believe that the G4's Airport card is failing intermittently, and should be replaced. I'm hoping that someone here with more experience can agree with me, or suggest an alternate solution that doesn't include replacing the card. By the way, the iBook and it's Airport card have not been experiencing any connection problems whatsoever.
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G4 AGP 'Sawtooth' Mac OS X (10.4.9)
G4 AGP 'Sawtooth' Mac OS X (10.4.9)
G4 AGP 'Sawtooth' Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I am in a similar situation and have not yet found a solution. My airport is working intermittently. Right now it has been on the longest for over 4 hours. But when the signal drops, I can take my laptop and go right next to the base station and get no signal! Restarting the base station (snow dual ethernet) and/or rebooting the computer makes no difference. I am leaning towards it possibly being a bad airport card, but would love to know some way of diagnosing it definitively. I don't live near an Apple Store so that's out.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Joan
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.10) airport extreme card

Airport card in PB G4 has "self assigned IP address"

I've been using a PB G4 with my Linksys router for quite some time, and now it won't connect to the internet. I shows the signal strength, and that's it's connected to the router but no internet. I've run all the utilities, and diagnostics, but nothing has been fixed. The only thing I see is that the Airport has a "self assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet." This message is in the network preferences.
I'm not sure if this is in the correct forum, but if anyone can help that would be awesome.
Thanks in advance for your help.

When I came back to it, the battery was completely dead and the clock had reset to 1969.
It sounds like you need to replace the PRAM battery on your PB. I would suggest doing so before attempting any additional troubleshooting of the AirPort Card.
Please check out the following iFixit link to see if your PB has a PRAM battery and what it would take to replace it.

Configure internal airport card

I've been using my powerbook with a Verizon Westell wireless network for a while now...and I was very pleased at how painless it was to set up
That said, I recently bought a Cube but it has no Airport card ;-(
So I dragged out an Airport Express that's been gathering dust (bought while I was road-warrioring) and have been playing around.
Sadly, it seems I can't set up a WDS with the Westell wireless DSL modem and get my cube connected that way...too bad. (Though http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=36&threadid=1513386&frmKeywor d=&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear%20 has an interesting discussion of wireless bridging that seems to indicate bridging that isn't WDS can be accomplished)
But, after all that, here is my question... While the Airport Admin program does a good job of setting parameters for BASE stations, there seems to be no equivalent way to fiddle around with settings of the powerbook's internal Airport card....other than the Unix command line Airport configuration commands, which don't have a simple format, and don't have specific commands to set up a software base station, much less a software WDS base station that would let me at least link my laptop to the cube with the AX, never mind pass through internet access from the westell DSL router. Anyone here that can point me further down the road, besides "get a WDS compatible wireless router or an airport card for the Cube?" Thanks

You could use OS X's Internet Sharing feature to share the wireless Internet connection of your PowerBook, via Ethernet, to the Cube.
The network configuration would be something like the following:
Westell router > (wireless) > PowerBook [Ethernet port] > (Ethernet cable) > [Ethernet port] Cube
The basic set up would be...
Enable Software Firewall - PowerBook
System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall
- Click Stop to start the software firewall
Setup Port Order - PowerBook
System Preferences > Network > Show > Network Port Configurations
- Verify that "AirPort" and "Built-In Ethernet" are enabled.
- Verify that "AirPort" is at the top of the list, followed by "Built-In Ethernet."
- Click "Apply Now."
Configure the Internet Connection - PowerBook
System Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort > TCP/IP
- Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
- Configure IPv6: Automatically or Off
Enable Internet Sharing - PowerBook
System Preferences > Sharing > Internet
- Share your connection from: AirPort
- To computers using: Built-In Ethernet (checked) (Note: Uncheck all other entries in the list.)
- Click Start

IMac G3 chimes two to four times upon boot and fails to load.

Hello, all.
Today, I moved my aunt from my old iMac G3 to my less old iMac G4. The iMac G3 was working great still at her house, so I decided to take it home with me to replace the iMac G4. I didn't really plan on using it to any extent, but thought it would be cool to have still working.
So I pop it in the car on the passenger seat, drive the mile back home, and unload it onto my desk. I plug power, ethernet, keyboard/mouse and a USB extension cable in, and attempt to boot. When I hit the power button, the iMac makes an attempt to chime, but it kinda does two loud chimes, a faint third chime, and a fourth loud chime. After that, it just sits there with the power button light on and nothing happens.
Now I'm gonna admit it. This was done on an extension cord coming off of a three-way splitter coming off a power strip. Not the safest or most practical way to do this, but I figured that since it worked with my old eMac G4 that had a 17" CRT, it would work with my iMac G3 with a 15" CRT.
So I moved the power directly to the wall. This time, I plugged in only the power and nothing else. I press the power button, and it still does the weird chime and fails to load.
So does anyone have any clues as to what to try? Before you tell me to bust this thing open, I'm gonna say this: I am deathly afraid of CRT monitors, and generally stay as far away as humanly possible from them. The iMac has had a history of few problems, but one of those was a loud, high pitched noise coming from the screen when it was in my aunt's basement. This was probably due to being to cold, or humidity, but switching screen resolutions seemed to fix it. I could switch back and it went along fine. I know it's the screen that was making the sound because my eMac had done the same thing just a week prior, even though it was in an environmentally-sound room, along with some other computers.
Anyway, she has since moved the iMac G3 up to the main part of the house that stays at a fairly steady 75F or so year round and doesn't get too humid. It's worked great, and we were gonna move her up to the G4 for speed benefits and so that she could video chat in Skype. When I last powered down the iMac G3, it was running absolutely fine. I got all the important data off it (thank God) and transferred to the iMac G4. I gently, without bumping it on anything, took it out to the car, gently set it on the foam-cushioned seat, and gently drove it home. When I got it home, I gently took it out, gently took it to the desk, and gently set it down. After a while, I put it screen-down on my lap to read the stuff on the bottom. I undid the RAM cover, popped out a stick, and put it back in. I haven't really gone back to check, but I'm about 90% sure that I got it in perfectly fine. After I looked at it, I gently set it back on the table and did the whole boot process that I explained earlier.
So what in the world could be causing this? Did I really bump it on something, or could it be a weather problem, or could it be that it decided to just stop working at the most perfect time?
Specs are as follows:
iMac G3 600 mHz Graphite
Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 or whatever the last update was
1GB RAM
40GB HD
ATi Rage 128 or whatever it is that's in these things
Combo drive
No Airport card
No internal mods
Never been opened since I purchased it in late 2006.
Also, I think this would be the best place to note that there are little red pieces of what appears to be hard plastic. It looks to be about as thick as the casing that goes around the back. I remember it being in the speaker grill when I first got it, but after moving around, it has moved mostly to the bottom, just under the CD-RW/DVD drive. You can clearly see it through the translucent plastics of the iMac's casing. Not sure what the heck it is, how it got there, or if it has any significant importance to the problem at hand, but I figured it would be worth a shot by shouting that out.
OH, one more thing. I noticed, on the last successful boot at my aunt's house, that the sound would not work. I tried moving the slider up to change the volume, and nothing worked. It wouldn't turn the sound on. Very mysterious. Other than that though, it hasn't had any issues that I've seen.
Sorry for the huge post, but I just want to know if it's my stupidity stopping it from booting or if it really did just decide to end its usable life at the precise moment it wasn't absolutely needed anymore. I will check the RAM and post back if that fixes anything, so if there isn't a reply from me saying that I checked RAM and it fixed it, then it's still being a problem and the RAM wasn't the problem.
And if it really did just decide to stop working, does anyone know of anyone that puts Mac Mini's inside iMac G3 cases? It would be pretty freaking awesome if I could take my Mac Mini, put it in there, and possibly get rid of the CRT and replace it with an LCD panel. I've heard that it's been done before, but again, I'm deathly afraid of the stupid things that are CRT screens. Long story short, one imploded about three yards away from me and it scared the living **** out of me. I really wish all CRTs would just STOP working RIGHT NOW so that everyone had to move to LCD screens. It would make my life so much easier. Hey, why not start with my iMac? All right everyone, if you own a CRT monitor or a computer with a CRT monitor built in, make sure it isn't working by Tuesday, okay? *Shudders in fear of an imploding CRT...*

Since you removed/re-installed one of the memory DIMMs from the computer, that's the most likely culprit (as the computer worked perfectly earlier). Remove it again and re-install, making sure that it's fully-seated in the slot and that the locking levers snap closed at each end. Try booting the iMac again. If unsuccessful, immediately insert your Tiger installer DVD when you power ON and hold down the C key. If it boots to the Tiger disk, run Disk Utility to scan and repair the hard drive.

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hi, I have tried to redeem my card 5 times now, and itunes keeps saying "session time out your sessions has timed out please try this operation from beginning" I am dualbooting windows xp and windows 7, I have used both OS's and still the same thing. when I try to redeem it on my ipod touch it tells me I have the wrong code. I do not have a mac availble im on vecation and only brought the PC laptop.
if it matters im using the itunes canadian store.

This worked for me:
Establish in her router a WEP 128 bit data encryption password. (Post back if you need help on this). Apparently macs have slightly different Airport drivers and work better with WEP 128 bit than with WPA although this doesn't explain why my friend's MB had your mum-in-law's problem but could connect to my WPA protected network - go figure! Anyway, try a different password encryption and see if that works.
As for not sending mail, check with your Mail Server what the SMTP setting should be.
Joe

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I am connected to ethernet port, no problem.
AirPort fails to connect. Now Windows with two local machines connect ok. My previous Dell connected.
My AirPort works at home, a Bell Modem.
SpeedPort W 700 V seems to have some issues for Win.
The SpeedPort does not reply giving time out same as incorrect password.
I tried a manual connect with full name from my AirPort detection script.
Also problem with iTouch, but it failed to reconnect at home after upgrade to new software.

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When disconnected, the wireless shows on AirPort and asks for password. Entering password gives a time out. I tried a manual connection with network name WLAN-4A7D03 selected security type and entered password. Again a time out. The SpeedPort fails to handshake on receiving the password. That is, I do not think the password accepted reply is connecting. My AirPort works on other wireless connection in Canada. I am in Germany and the SpeedPort modem is a few years old, but I had no trouble with my new Dell windows Vista last year.
This could be a SpeedPort issue. I know the SpeedPort wireless is working because two Windows computers are connected to the wireless. I did find reports of some Windows machines having difficulty connecting to SpeedPort but no comment on Apple problems.
By the way thank you for answering. I will be traveling in Italy where most hotels only have wireless connections. So I am trying to isolate problem to SpeedPort. If it is my use of AirPort then I have a problem. If necessary I could buy a USB port wireless.
I do know update of my iTouch has crashed its wireless connection. I tried reset to orignial but it then automatically upgrades and I am back where I started.
These are my first Apple products so I may be missing something. The more I use the Apple Interface the more I like it.

Hi, My network went down earlier in the week. Now it is fine, but my macbook airport no longer detects it and keeps asking for a WAP. When I put the password in, it 'times out'. I'm getting rather fed up.

Hi, My network went down earlier in the week. Now the network is fine, I can connect through the ethernet cable, but my macbook airport no longer detects it, when prompted, macbook will find it, but I get asked for the WAP. When I put the password in, it 'times out'. Prior to the network problem my macbook worked fine everytime. Anyone know the answer?

My guess is all the issues are probably related and fall back to malware.
AVG is probably correct in identifying malware. So I suggest you try some cleaning tools other than Emsisoft .
ones I use (all of them one after the other until I find one that can cope) are;
Roguekiller http://www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/
Malwarebytes anti malware Free http://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/var2/confirm/
ESET online scanner http://www.eset.com/int/home/products/online-scanner/
So first create a clean boot in Windows using Microsoft's instructions https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135?wa=wsignin1.0 and then run the anti malware applications.
My outside looking in guess is that malware has set itself up as an internet proxy and is is downloading copies of itself and other malware, blocking some mail port as times as downloading more malware is more important, and probably breaking your tivo as well..
Try the malware programs first. If that does not work I will try and talk you through some logging to see what is happening.

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