Airport card w/Linksys

I have a I book g4 running w/Airport X, and have a Link-sys Wireless router, for some reason Whenever I put my iBook to sleep and then resumes it will show that it is connected but I cannot access the network,
Any Idea's

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Airport card and linksys router?

I just had an Airport Wireless card installed for my parents' ibook g4. I bought a Linksys wireless router for them, b/c we have one (for PC desktop and laptop) and have had good luck with it. I think the two times I've had to contact Linksys via phone or live chat I got quick responses and good service.
Enter adding the Mac to the equation. When I bought the router for my parents, I mentioned we'd be using it with a Mac and the guy at the store said some people choose Netgear routers over the Linksys b/c they're RTG, but with some older Macs (theirs is an iBook G4 from a few years ago) you have to DL something to get the Mac to see the Linksys network.
Somehow the Mac doesn't see my wireless network and I can't figure out how to add it. I had a useless hour-long chat session with someone at Linksys--no resolution. Can I actually get a Mac to work with Linksys or should I give up the ship and go get a Netgear router or airport base?
I plan to set up their wireless network at their beach house, so there will be a Mac and PCs using it and then putting in their home when they return in the fall.
TIA!

scatterall, Welcome to the discussion area!
The iBook G4's AirPort Extreme card will allow you to connect to any standard 802.11b/g network including one created by a Linksys router.
Compare the antenna wire connection to the AirPort Extreme card with the photos in KB 108039, Properly attaching the antenna on an AirPort Extreme Card.
Do you have the Linksys configured to broadcast the SSID? If not, enable the SSID broadcast. This is a futile attempt at security since the SSID is still broadcast between the base station and any connected clients.
If you can't or won't enable SSID broadcast, on the iBook G4 you will need to go to the AirPort menu, select "Other...", and enter the network name and password (if wireless encryption is enabled).

Orig. Airport card loses IP, maintains connection to Linksys network

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.
The problem:
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.
The bigger problem:
This used to happen once in a while, now once or twice a week, but switching the Airport off and then on brought it back. Now it's happening every five to ten minutes, starting this evening. It does it with both static and dynamic IP addresses; the static IP remains in the System Preferences window, the dynamic one actually vanishes until I restart the Airport card.
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.
Good luck!

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I just got and airport card for my old mac, and want to use it with my network. but it won't work with my network. Is there any fix for this? software?

There is a Safari 2.0 download, however it won't run on OS 10.2.
Suggest you look at some of the browsers on this site http://mac.oldapps.com/
 Cheers, Tom

How to connect my old imac G4 (no airport card) to lynksys router

I am going to buy a new imac. I want to put my old G4 15" with no airport card installed into my daughter's room. I have a linksys wireless router WRT54G connected to my dsl modem. The linksys wireless router is linked to my imac via an ethernet cable. My laptop has an airport card that I can use the internet through. Can I put an airport express in her room and connect that way?

Oh, sorry, I was thinking you wanted to connect the AX wirelessly to the Linksys.
Yes, you can connect the AX to the Linksys with an Ethernet cable and then use the AX in "bridge" mode to allow wireless client to connect to it for Internet access.
To set up the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) as a bridge, using the AirPort Admin Utility, connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then, make these settings:
Network tab
- Distribute IP addresses (unchecked)
- Apply the new setting.
- Wait at least 5 minutes.

How do I get to the airport card in a Nehalem?

I'm thinking my airport card may not be connected correct or something but I cant figure out where it is to check. I have the 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Nehalem" I can't find any videos or images of this model mac. When i go to about this mac the card shows up under airport but Airport Utility doesn't show up anything just says rescan.

drdre74 wrote:
I don't have a Airport base.
In that case AirPort Utility won't show you anything useful.
I have a Linksys WRT160N. As of right now my airport card wont even find it. My iphone and psp and ps3 connect to the router network just fine.
Two things that I can think of that might explain what you see: (1) The AirPort card is bad. (2) It's not connected correctly to its antenna(s). (I've seen stories about such problems.) I wonder if Apple Hardware Test could help you eliminate the first possibility.

Airport card connected but safari not connected to internet

Running os 10.4.1 on IMAC g5 with airport card.
i am having some wireless network issues. when i try to connect to the linksys router that my airport card locates it tells me that i am connected to the network; but when i try to load a page in Safari it tells me that i am not connected to the internet. Internet Explorer gives me the same message.
i have been able to test my airport card by logging into another (neighbor's) network (just for testing). it received DHCP from that router and assigned a 198.162.x.x. IP address for my computer. i originally had the same issue as far as being connected but safari wouldnt open web pages. i manually plugged in DNS numbers 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 from OPEN DNS.com and Safari instantly loaded web pages.
when i try to do the same on the linksys network my airport card connects but Safari once again will not connect to the internet. I am receiving a DHCP IP address automatically from that router but cannot connect to the internet...
PLEASE HELP ME (it's driving me crazy!)

Oh man... since my last post (all of 15 minutes ago) my iMac now cannot connect to the network at all. The network status menu widget shows it as being connected (sometimes), but it can't actually connect to anything.
Just as an experiment, I turned off MAC address filtering on the base station. Didn't help.

TCP/IP settings for airport card

ok, first off...please take it easy on me...i'm a windows guy but am close to purchasing a mac for my girlfriend and also have an iPhone so please understand that i love macs, just don't know too much about them..yet
i have a need to set TCP/IP settings for an airport card when the mac connects to a specific SSID (Peanut Gang). the problem is due to the fact that when macs connect to a linksys WRE54G wireless repeater, they do not obtain the TCP/IP info. you can go into system prefs -> network and renew the lease and it obtains the info but i've been asked to "automate" this process.
ok, i'm not sure if it's possible but when i saw the "automator" section here i thought i would ask. i know how i could do it through scripting on a windows machine but i digress, ha!
thanks

You may want to ask this over in the "Networking" group.
Also clarify whether you're having these issues with a mac you have, or just what.
Might want to specify what kind of mac is having this problem, too.
And be ready to explain just what you're asking when you say:"need to set TCP/IP settings for an airport card when the mac connects to a specific SSID"
There are some pretty good blokes in that discussion group.
welcome

Airport Wirless Router Linksys

have a wireless Linksys router that I put a 128 bit encryption.
It was driving me mad that when booted up in OS 9 I could not use my password.
I tried using the entire 24 character code as a password, and it works. That is how you use 128 bit encryption on a dual boot OS 9 with an air port card under OS9.
I hope this helps someone, because I searched for hours and no one had the answer.

Vernon Alexander...
Although there is much lacking information stated here (post), you may wish to look over the link below and the related links from there.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75422
It helps considerably to post the Mac OS and relevent AirPort card information / software to be clear on some points. However some 3rd party devices can be of some issue if they do not use a compatable protocol with the AirPort card software.
...Ron

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
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KB article HT1126 could perhaps be of interest to you. See also KB article HT1344.
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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.
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Airport card connection problems

Running an iMac g4, 800mHz with an airport card installed, firmware v. 9.52. I can connect to an open Linksys network no problem but I can't connect to an encrypted (WEP) Airport Extreme network or an encrypted (WAP) Medialink network. In both cases the routers are w/in about 10 feet of the computer, and line of sight, so it's not signal stength. I'm thinking maybe the airport card firmware? if so, how do I upgrade same?

Word for word the same problem I'm having. I've been days updating (jumped from 10.1.2 in an 800mHz Lampshade iMac all the way up to 10.4.11 to try and fixed the issue.) to no avail. The firmware on the airport card is 9.52, and no additional updates are available. It WILL connect if I completely remove security from the network. But as soon as I try anything WEP or WAP it gives me the same error message about the password not working.
Also trying it on two different routers.
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Good Signal, but not Internet with built-in Airport card

Hi,
I'm sorry if this is a duplicate question, but I couldn't seem to find a similar situation. I'm trying to get my wireless (or any) Internet working at my house with my Powerbook G4 with a built-in Airport card. We have a Linksys 802.11g router with no security enabled. My mac is picking up a very strong signal, but everytime I go to Safari, iTunes, or Explorer it says there's no internet connection present (yet internet connect and my network says I'm connected through Airport).
I've had my wireless and ethernet working on this computer before -- picking up a variety of signals, including other linksys routers. All of the PCs in the house are working fine with this, and my mac even shows up on our router list.
The most recent experience I had with internet on my mac was earlier this week--i took it into my work to do some testing and we had to set up a specific location to get it to work through that ethernet network. When I took it home, I removed all of those configurations and tried both my wireless and ethernet, and I can not get either working. At this point, I've removed all of my configurations and tried reconfiguring. Everything but my airport is turned off. No proxies are selected. I've turned off the iPv6. I'm using DHCP (which is showing the correct router and IP address). I've deleted the System Configuration folder from Preferences. And it's on the top of the list in network and have selected Airport as the default. And none of this seems to be working. Oh, and I tested to see if it was a DNS problem (which I head read in one discussion forum), and that didn't fix it. I'm sure it's something simple that I'm missing. But I can't for the life of me get it to work.
Does anyone have any thoughts? suggestions? insights? help?
Please? I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out what this could be.
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Joel,
I am having the same exact problem and have had it for months now.
Here is my tcpdump, hope you can help.
Last login: Sat Sep 2 11:46:05 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
Orion:~ tarlach$ sudo tcpdump -nni en1
Password:
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on en1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
12:54:33.236551 IP 169.254.196.234 > 224.0.0.251: igmp v2 report 224.0.0.251
12:54:33.635688 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:54:33.635896 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:54:34.647999 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:54:34.648258 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:54:35.436941 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::fb: HBH icmp6: multicast listener report max resp delay: 0 addr: ff02::fb [hlim 1]
12:54:35.648474 IP 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:0d:93:84:ba:8c, length: 300
12:54:35.954863 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::2: icmp6: router solicitation
12:54:41.635570 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:54:41.635820 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:54:42.647940 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:54:42.648177 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:54:43.804966 IP 192.168.2.4.631 > 192.168.2.255.631: UDP, length: 112
12:54:44.472343 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::2: icmp6: router solicitation
12:54:44.534688 IP 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:0d:93:84:ba:8c, length: 300
12:54:52.940381 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::2: icmp6: router solicitation
12:54:53.020918 IP 192.168.2.4.631 > 192.168.2.255.631: UDP, length: 83
12:54:53.457391 arp who-has 192.168.2.1 tell 0.0.0.0
12:54:53.457981 IP 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:0d:93:84:ba:8c, length: 300
12:54:53.458573 arp reply 192.168.2.1 is-at 00:11:50:4f:4a:40
12:54:55.785686 IP 192.168.2.4.631 > 192.168.2.255.631: UDP, length: 76
12:54:57.635663 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:54:57.635911 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:54:58.646996 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:54:58.647240 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:55:01.016643 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::2: icmp6: router solicitation
12:55:02.149064 IP 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:0d:93:84:ba:8c, length: 300
12:55:09.439854 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::2: icmp6: router solicitation
12:55:10.767834 IP 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:0d:93:84:ba:8c, length: 300
12:55:15.139955 IP 192.168.2.4.631 > 192.168.2.255.631: UDP, length: 112
12:55:17.499395 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::2: icmp6: router solicitation
12:55:19.379023 IP 0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:0d:93:84:ba:8c, length: 300
12:55:25.597876 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c > ff02::2: icmp6: router solicitation
12:55:27.120694 IP 192.168.2.4.631 > 192.168.2.255.631: UDP, length: 76
12:55:29.634050 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:55:29.634282 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0 [5q][|domain]
12:55:30.646358 IP 169.254.196.234.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:55:30.646601 fe80::20d:93ff:fe84:ba8c.5353 > ff02::fb.5353: 0*- [0q] 9/0/0[|domain]
12:55:34.186230 IP 192.168.2.2.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0 [2q] PTR? daap.tcp.local. PTR? raop.tcp.local. (46)
12:55:55.076547 IP 192.168.2.4.631 > 192.168.2.255.631: UDP, length: 83
I cut it off as it seemed to want to just keep running.
I am unable to get online in my own wep network, I can connect and get a strong signal b ut that is all.
Please, if you can, help.
thank yhou

AirPort card not working ... mostly

This is one that has me a bit stumped. I have a G3 iBook with the original airport card installed. Yesterday, it stopped recognizing any wireless networks in the local area (I have one graphite ABS and one AirPort Express, plus there are one or two other wireless network around here I can normally at least see). My other portable (PowerBook G4 12") sees all these networks fine. I re-seated the card in the iBook, to no avail. I assumed it had conked out and started researching replacement cards (quite spendy, as you probably know).
Just today, my iBook started recognizing wireless nets again ... briefly. For about five or ten minutes, I saw a few networks and actually was able to access the WAN. After then, though, it's back to not working at all. Has this happened to anyone? Was it the last, final gasp of my venerable airport card? Or if this has happened to you, did you find that it was another problem entirely?
Thanks for any help.
iBook G3 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Appelfan,
I had gotten frustrated with the random behavior and posted a question about the possibility of an USB dongle wireless solution for the Mac. Duane answered me and gave me a very helpful suggestion - that I consider Ethernet Wireless Adapters, and even mentioned a couple of brands - just in case you may consider that route. I have copied his responses to me, below:
Thank you,
Gino
Duane
Re: Is there a USB Wireless Dongle or card for a Mac?
Posted: Mar 24, 2006 5:33 PM in response to: Gino La Pointe
An alternative to USB wireless adapters is Ethernet wireless adapters. Those require no drivers and therefore will work with any Ethernet device regardless of OS.
Duane
Re: Is there a USB Wireless Dongle or card for a Mac?
Posted: Mar 25, 2006 11:14 AM in response to: Gino La Pointe
Examples of Ethernet wireless adapters are the Linksys WET11 and Linksys WET54G. There are many more.

Original Airport cards and e-Bay

I have a 17inch flat panel iMac, 800 mhz speed and am thinking of going wireless. I know I need an original airport card for my computer, NOT the airport extreme. I have been searching on e-Bay and found various sellers with a huge difference in prices. My question is: are there different models of the original airport card? One vendor lists an airport card model # M7600LL/A for a high price, but in the information it lists my computer as one of the models this card will work with. Another vendor has an airport card model # M7600LL/E for a much lower price but the information on the card's compatability is rather sparse. Are they the same card just with a different price? What is your advice about buying an airport card from e-Bay in general? I will also need a wireless router and have my eye on a Linksys model that a few of my friends have in their wireless networks and they recommend it highly. Any thoughts on that area?
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Basically the difference between the two is one was for American market I believe and the other the European market.
Both should work fine.
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A Mac with an original Airport card can connect to any wifi certified 802.11b wireless network (or 802.11g in backward compatible mode).
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