AirPort Card: Networking & AppleShare Access?

What I have:
5 computers all connected via Ethernet that are accessible to one another via AppleShare. One is a G4 Titanium PowerBook with an AirPort Card installed, but not yet in use. All need to and still do run OS9, yet OSX capable and loaded. Stuck in OS9 for matters I will get into another day.
What I did:
Just bought a wireless router, configured it via an ethernet connected computer. Set up wireless settings with minimum security settings.
What happened:
Was unable to access internet via AirPort card until I changed security to None. Ok, now able to access internet, but when I open AppleShare in the Chooser control panel none of the other computers appear. Thus I am unable to access my database and unable to utilize wireless set-up for intended use.
Is it possible to do what I what to do, not just access the internet but actually run a wireless router using my AirPort Card and be able to network with the other computers?
Thanks,
Marcantonio
PowerBook G4 Titanium Mac OS 9.2.x also have OSX, maintain office of 5 computer network
PowerBook G4 Titanium Mac OS 9.2.x also have OSX, maintain office of 5 computer network

Yes more than one device can use the 'Airport Software Basestation' that you are running.
I am not sure what the actual limit is though, having never reached it, I have used three devices at the same time with no issues with my old iMac G4.
Ian

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Yes more than one device can use the 'Airport Software Basestation' that you are running.
I am not sure what the actual limit is though, having never reached it, I have used three devices at the same time with no issues with my old iMac G4.
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Airport card for ibook G3

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.
Thanks!
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Looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Airport-Card-Network-adapter/dp/B0000899ZD
For more information on compatibility you can go here: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/index-ibook.html

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Dear Ronda
Thank you. Seems not that this is the problem.
Found that in the Airport Forum - others do face the same problems - no solution yet:
D-Link Wireless Access point. PC works great..Mac is SLOW on internet.
Posted: Apr 5, 2006 8:16 PM Reply Email
This has really got me frustrated. I own a hotel and am working to get it set up with a wireless internet connection. I've got a qwest dsl modem going into a D-Link router, and then today added another D-Link access point (actually, the computer tech added the new access point). I needed this additional access point because there were too many dead spots in the hotel with only one D-link.
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Double check that the antenna cable is FULLY seated into its socket on the Airport card - doing this properly takes a fair bit of force.
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I have a black macbook with an internal airport extreme wireless card. I use the computer at school and at home. Both school and home have functioning wireless networks in which other computers are connected and running with no problems.
When I open my laptop and wake it from sleep after changing from school to home or visa versa the airport card often will not recognize the wireless network. On many occations, even when the network is recognized it will not automatically connect to it (I have it set to do). A message saying "There was an error joining the network" comes up. The only resolution has been to reset the computer (which doesn't always work) or reset the PRAM.
Sometimes after reseting the PRAM the computer doesn't even recognize that I have an airport card installed at all. When this happens I have to reset the PRAM again to resolve it.
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Let's double-check your AirPort settings:
To setup AirPort for High-Speed Cable Internet connectivity:
System Preferences > Network > Show > Network Port Configurations
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I've been trying to fix this for two days now. grrr.
Is this update for Base stations and Express units only? hmm.
Is it possible there may be a shift in the password access? Maybe I need to reconfigure the router? I am currently trying all possibilities.....
I'm on a Powerbook 1.25 @ 10.3.9 - and have reinstalled the essential system software, but I think this screwed things up even more. My main Admin name has also been changed to 'root' ?
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All was fine before -- but now it sleeps. boo.
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Things are looking v. dodgy for PB. have archived and installed, but still a dead Airport. Can this all have been done by an airport update?! -- hmm. Maybe a full erase & install will help. Maybe its something stoopid I've not done in my Airport network prefs...?
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Apple talk is 'off'
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Am reconfiguring Netgear as should be done - restarting, P.B., etc...
The more this goes on, the more i'm feeling somethings blown up in the ariport card. grrr.
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i have an iBook G3 that i have just put an airport card in, after installing the airport card it shows the card is installed but no networks have been found. i did some research online and it said to check the antena, make sure the card is inserted all the way, and to try and reset the PRAM (by pressing OPT,CMD,P,R during bootup) after clearing the PRAM it showed networks but when trying to connect to the networks it says their was a problem connecting and to retry. when i go to try and connect again the airport card shows that it can't find any networks. Are there any other ideas i should try or what could be the problem?

Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The iBook G3's original AirPort Card is not capable of handling encryption beyond WPA. It will not work with WPA2-encrypted networks.
Also, it needs a network that supports the 802.11b standard used by the original AirPort Card. If you are using a router, it needs to be set to mixed mode (b/g or b/g/n) in order for the original AirPort Card to access the network.

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I'm posting here because I don't see a listing for plain old Airport cards. If there's a better spot in the forums for this, please let me know where it ought to go.
The setup:
Dual 867 Power Mac G4 (MDD) with old-school Airport card (both purchased back in 2002), running 10.4.10, and connecting to a Linksys wireless network (WRT54G wireless G-router, with a WRE54G wireless-G range expander). For the most part, this has worked out very well for the past several months.
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The IP address seems to drop out randomly, but not the wireless connection itself. I'll lose internet access, but have a full four bars on the Airport signal indicator. Pinging either the router or the extender fails. Shutting off Airport via the menu bar and then turning it back on will bring back the IP.
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I ran into wireless problems yesterday where the SSID and the network just up and vanished. I'd previously attributed this to environmental considerations since it had happened a few times before and normally fixed itself within 30 minutes to a few hours. After it failed to come back by this morning I upgraded the firmware on both the router and extender to the latest versions available from Linksys. All was right with the world for several hours.
Until the problem with the IP dropping while the wireless connection remains returned. Then it got worse. Now it drops on a far more frequent basis than before. This only happens on my desktop Mac. I'm on my Windows XP machine (same room, same wireless network, using a Linksys USB wireless adapter). The Windows machine is fine; it does not lose IP address when the Mac does. Since I have a full connection and the Windows machine doesn't seem bothered at all, I'm guessing it's something to do with the Airport card in the Mac.
Apple's software update tells me there's no new software available for my machine, which leaves me with no idea what's causing this or how to fix it.
Any advice, solutions, or tips are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Some of this might be review for you...
An IP address is how the data finds you on your respective network, like the street address on your house. When you boot up your computer and connect to your network your computer is connecting with either a static or dynamic IP address. Static means every time you boot up, your machine is using the same one you've assigned to it. Dynamic means that each time you boot up your machine gets whatever one is next in line.
Odds are if you've never set this, you're using a dynamic address which means you're using DHCP. To check, go to your System Preferences -> Network Preferences -> and double click on the Airport connection. You'll see a few different options, so click on TCP/IP. That will show you if you've got a static IP address ("Manually" appears on the pull-down menu) or a dynamic one (DHCP).
Unless you have to forward ports or are looking for volumes on your network using a static IP, DHCP for a dynamic IP is fine.
The "new" Airport card wasn't a 100% fix. My IP address does seem to mean nothing every once in a while. I sometimes have to switch the Airport off and then turn it back on. Since toward the end, my old Airport card stopped seeing the wireless network entirely, even when my XP box saw it clearly, replacing the card was still a good idea for me.
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