AirPort in G4 not recognizing new wireless signal

Two weeks ago we replaced our Belkin wireless with a new Linksys router. My kids use my old 466 MHz PowerPC G4 running 10.4.1. For the first time tonight we tried to log onto the wireless network and AirPort won't join our network. I can select the network, but when I enter our password I get the error message "there was an error joining the airport network." We also have an AirPort Express, for our printer, that the computer is not detecting.
I have a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Due MacBook Pro running 10.4.11 which transitioned to the new wireless router fine.
Is my Airport card in the G4 fried? I can still see our wireless network (and our neighbors) I'm just not able to access them. Any thoughts? Thanks!

i dont know!
on my belkin there's a setting on my system page for the router, it has 3 separate modes a. 802.11n, b. 802.11 g&n c. 802.11 b, g, and N
i'm going to guess that your router doesn't have the older spec enabled, so it can't connect.
hopefully you know your routers setup ip address, just look around your wireless options and see if it has anything close to what i listed. I had the same issue recently and that was the culprit.

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