Airport card troubles

Hi
Is anyone else having trouble after recently having an airport card fitted?
I got mine fitted on the 9th and it was fine for around 4 days then I ran the parallels RC1 then that caused a kernel panic after that I have struggled to get a day uptime without my finder screwing up and not being able to shut down, so I took out the airport card and I think it is fine

The airport card in my Mac Pro tends to drop its connection to my router quite frequently (even when my Powerbook's airport card maintains a perfect connection). I also have trouble with the Mac Pro's connection to Bluetooth keyboard and mouse; the mouse tracks very inaccurately at times, and the keyboard seems to develop a life of its own (i.e., I type a letter and it appears 10 to 20 times even though I hit the key only once). I have therefore taken to using wired devices (sad).

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Airport card trouble

I recently was given a Power Mac G4. I installed an original aircard in it and it will find my wireless network, but will not connect to it. Is there a setting issue? I am not very computer literate, so any help would be great.

Hi-
Welcome to Discussions!
Try these documents, and see if you can't get your network configured:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh635.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1152.html
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/internet/

Trouble Connecting Original Airport card on eMac 700 to wi-fi network

I have an eMac 700Mhz with an original Airport card (801.11b).
The card will find our home Wi-Fi network (Linksys 801.11n)but when I provide the WEP password, the eMac Airport Card will not connect. Any ideas
Thanks!

KB article HT1126 could perhaps be of interest to you. See also KB article HT1344.
Jan

Trouble fitting airport card

hi i've bought airport extreme card and tried to fit it but the antenna is a tiny bit to short to connect to the card...so we connected the antenna to the card first then tried to fit it but its going in on an angel ..any suggestions plz?....thnx

akbp80, Welcome to the discussion area!
Which iMac G4? If the clock speed is less than 1 GHz, you need the original AirPort card! The AirPort Extreme card will not work and may damage that iMac's motherboard.

Installed airport card into my imac G4 flat panel and now it work

I purchased an airport card from Mac-pro as Apple does not sell them anymore. I installed it into my IMAC G4 flat panel as per the instructions. Now, when I turn on the computer the power light comes on, and the screen is black and it really isn't making any noise, as though it is not starting up. It was working just fine before I installed this card!!!! can anyone help??!?!?!?!?

The following Apple article provides the details of
installing an AirPort card in the Flat Panel iMac
G4s. You may want to double-check it to see if you
might have missed something in the the installation
process.
I installed the card properly, as per the instructions you forwarded to me. I did have some trouble getting the card to completly fit into place, one side seemed to go in easier than the other, but it did go in. Is there anyway to get this machine up and running again?

How to use iBook for sharing internet via airport card... can it be done?

The title says most of it all. I want to share the internet coming from the wall through the airport card in my iBook. I've made it work, however I'm concerned about doing it securely. Can it be done securely? If so, how? I've read in the help files about using the firewalls and such, but I'm having trouble making heads or tails out of it all. How about a primer on basic wifi security in the iBook's Airport card environment? I'm not as savvy as I used to be! Thanks in advance for your help.

ride a bike:
Requirements for wireless Internet access
To use AirPort to access the Internet wirelessly using Mac OS X, you need:
An Apple AirPort Card, AirPort Extreme Card, or a compatible third-party wireless card
An AirPort Base Station, Time Capsule, AirPort Express, or an AirPort-enabled computer acting as a software base station (if you are hosting an AirPort wireless network)
Internet access
Some Internet service providers (ISPs) are not currently compatible with AirPort.
If you’re setting up an AirPort Base Station, Time Capsule, or AirPort Express to connect to the Internet, you need an account with an ISP. When you set up your account with your ISP, you were most likely given account information (such as user or account name, password, phone number, and possibly other information). Have this information ready when you set up your device.
If you are connecting your base station to an Ethernet network that already has an Internet connection, you may need an account name and password to access the network. Check with the network administrator if you’re not sure.
(From the Help Menu)
Please post back with further questions or comments.
cornelius

My airport card dissapeared

All of a sudden my airport card dissapeared. I been tring all the trouble shooting to get it back on, but does not seem to work. Have rebooted the airport, the calbe, and computer multiple times.
What can I do to get my airport back on?

Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, contact Apple.
Best.

Which airport card to install on g4 imac (17")

i just bought a new imac and want to put my g4 imac in another room. i'd like to install an airport card so i can access the internet through the time machine (which is connected to the new imac). i'm having trouble figuring out which card to get--airport card or airport extreme? i'm not even certain my g4 can take an airport card? how do i know which card to get? please help. thanks.

So when you run System Profiler and look in Network->AirPort Card there is information there? If nothing is there your iMac G4 does not have the card installed. None of the iMac G4s had the card automatically installed when they left the factory. If your iMac G4 has the card, then someone installed it later or they ordered it as a build option.
If the card is installed and if AirPort is enabled in System Preferences-> Network preference pane, you should see an AirPort icon in the menu bar. If you click on this icon you will see a list of networks that your iMac has detected. Does your network appear there?

Original airport card mysteriously stopped connecting to network

i have a powermac G4 tower and have been using the original airport card for about four months. Just recently it stopped connecting to the network at all. the bars are all gray on the menu bar and when i try to connect to any network in the drop down menu the popup window just says "there was an error connecting to the specified network" when I go to network diagnostics and try to connect it asks for a WEP pasword even though none of the networks require a password and network security is set to none in system preferences for the network. I've been able to get a connection back a couple times but it was only by restarting my computer and that hasn't worked for a couple days. Is my airport card broken or is there something wrong with the operating system? I've also talked to the tech support people for the wireless network I'm using and they had no clue how to help me.

I had trouble getting my Airport card online for the longest time. Finally, I ditched the Linksys wireless router I was trying to use, and switched to a D-Link. I still don't always get full signal, but I can get online 95% of the time.
Have no idea why it worked, but it definitely works better than the Linksys.
PMG4 (3.4), Silver Door, FW400 Mac OS X (10.3.9) Dual 1.25, 512 RAM, original Airport card

How does one update original airport card for WPA?

Hi, I've an earlier AX, and an original airport card that I understand can be updated to be able to be WPA compatible. How do I do this? The AX is setup for WPA/WPA2 personal, and I have no trouble joining the network from other macs, and I just learned that the original airport card is supposedly able to be updated to also handle WPA. This card is installed on a g3 imac 700 se with os 10.4.11.
I also posted this question in the airport express forum, but thought it may have a better chance of being answered here after I thought about it a bit.
Thank you,
ez

You can't get it to do WPA2.
You can get it to do WPA if you have the right software installed, which you probably already do:
AirPort Card: When You Can Join a WPA Network
The base station or equivalent has to be set up for 802.11b/g that is BOTH b and g, since the \[original] Airport card is 802.11b.

HELP AIRPORT CARD

I have a powerbook g4|800 mHz,
a adsl connection to internet connected to a wireless smc network wich is plug to a imac which dont have a airport card.
So fare i could use my imac (via ethernet) and my power book G4 (via airport)
with no trouble, always good and full signal.
one morning i open my power book and no more signal???
Try to change some setting, nothing work.
when i plug my powerbook via ethernet it works fine.
ANY IDEA
I dont understand anything
danielle
My power book is mac ox 10.4.9
Network wireless card firmware vers 9.52
says in "about my mac" current wireless :not available
in airport admin utility, i dont see nothing even if rescan
Communications
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
Built-in 56K V.90 modem (RJ-11 connector)6
Built-in 11-Mbps AirPort Card (IEEE 802.11 DSSS compliant) in 800MHz configuration; 667MHz configuration is AirPort ready5

If you have an iMac 800 you need the original AirPort card.
Installing an AirPort Extreme card in an iMac 800 MHz could permanently damage the iMac.

How to install the driver for Airport card in a mini

In a post regarding trouble with wireless connections some suggested...
cd /System/Library/Extensions
mv IO80211Family.kext IO8021Family.1066
well I did it and now my system is telling me there is no Airport card installed. How can I reload just the Airport drivers? I have my 10.6.3 OS X disk. Can I do it with that?
I tried running Disk Permissions with no change. I have since renamed the file back to what it was. The I started getting pop ups telling me the kernel file was improperly installed.
I just don't want to reinstall my complete OS.

I've already put it back to the original file name of IO80211Family.kext. I've run disk permissions too, in fact I've run it several times.
It keeps repairing a bunch of java stuff but that's all.
I've set the permission on the file to what I believe they were before I ran the mv command.
It was after I restored the file name, that I got the popup saying it was installed incorrectly, but, it's not saying it now.
And I have rebooted too, still no Airport.
Oh, I never replaced anything with earlier version, I just renamed and renamed back.

How to install the airport card to my macbook?, How to install the airport card to my macbook?

One time when i was browsing using my macbook, it suddenly hanged. I waited for several minutes for it to return to its normal function to no avail. What i did was removed the battery then switched it on again. It worked again. But could not access the wifi anymore. When i clicked the wifi icon, it says, no airport card installed. What should i do?

I'm guessing there is a language issue here. The graphics card is the actual hardware (chip) in your computer that allows it to create graphics and show them on your display. There is no way to disable the graphics card on your Air because there would be no way to use it (it would not be able to display anything on any display). This is a little different on machines with multiple graphics processors, but that's not the case with your Air. I'd imagine you know what you want to do, we're just having trouble understanding your question.

400 mhz G4 PB not recognizing Airport card

HELP!!! i'm a PC girl learning Mac, and bought a used G4 powerbook to try it out. I then purchased a used Airport card to go wireless. However the computer is not recognizing the card. It is installed correctly- barcode up, all the way in, but no go. Is there anyway to test (like will a trip to the Apple store help or will they look at me like i'm from the dark ages?) the computer or the card? I was going to attempt to harvest the card from my snow base station but don't have a star tip for my screwdriver to get into the thing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!!! THANKS!

Thanks brody. That is the card I have. I was guessing at the OX I have as I bought this machine used and truly have no idea where to find half the stuff much less what it is. since I figured out where to find it, I'm running 10.4.11.
I appreciate everyone's help. I've had the hardest time figuring out just which model I have. i've yet to find a picture just like it. I'm not even sure it's a 12, since dummy me didn't realize they're like tv's and measured diagonally. I think it might actually be a 15 inch if that makes a difference. 2 hinges in the back, all the ports in the back under a cover (I must have looked rather comical until I figured that one out) card slot is on the left side, dvd drive in the front. I was told it was a titanium but honestly it didn't matter to me so I didnt' check to make sure. I just wanted something relatively cheap to see if I really liked a mac before i plunked down a couple of thousand on a new one. It wasn't until I had trouble with the card that I found out all these different ones existed.
also, it looks like there are actually 2 slots to the card reader, although I cannot access it from the battery bay. The slot I can access that the card does actually fit in is from the left outside. the other slot is under it (I can see it with the keyboard off and the card removed) and looks as thought the card would be inserted similar to the one i can use, except the body of the powerbook is in the way. I'm afraid to do much more than I have hardware wise as my PC kicked the bucket so this is my only working computer right now. Let me know what you guys think!!
THANKS!!!

HT3964 I am getting the error message "No AirPort card installed" Restarting my iMac desktop does not solve this (Apple help says I need to reset the SMC this way, but nothing changes. Can somebody advise, please?

I am getting the error message "No AirPort card installed" Restarting my iMac desktop does not solve this (Apple help says I need to reset the SMC this way, but nothing changes). Can somebody advise, please?

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