Apple original Airport card and AEX

I have an iMac slot loading SE 600mhz and want to connect with my wireless network via Airport Express. Are there any compatibility issues witth the Apple originla Airport Card? I am about to bid on ebay but thought I should check. Any help out there?

A Mac with an original Airport card will work perfectly with the Airport Express - the only requirement is that the Mac is running a minimum of MacOS 10.3 in order to be able to configure the device.

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Original Airport Card and Leopard

I have a Power Mac G4 (Dual 1.25 GHz)
I have the original airport card in picking up a wireless signal from my basement - and I am two floors up. When I had Tiger - I had no problems. With Leopard, I am not getting a full signal - according to the status bar - and sometimes I can't open certain webpages - saying I can't connect to the server. Any chance Apple can fix this?

I called my service provider (Verizon FIOS internet) - they said it was a Mac issue and to call Mac. I know that is useless since the issue of the original airport cards struggling with Leopard is out there. My problem isn't connecting and getting on the internet. When I first boot up - it takes a few minutes to get a website to come out - and every so often I won't be able to get on a website. It says I am not connected to the internet and cannot get on the server for that website (google or apple for example) - yet I can get to another site.

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?
17 inch Flat panel iMac, 800mhz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Basically the difference between the two is one was for American market I believe and the other the European market.
Both should work fine.
Original Airport Card Alternatives
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1030.html
A Mac with an original Airport card can connect to any wifi certified 802.11b wireless network (or 802.11g in backward compatible mode).
Out of all the different wireless routers I have used, I have found my Airports to be reliable and easy to setup.

Unable to conect Original Airport Card to password protected wireless route

I am trying to connect a ClamShell notebook( OS 10.3.9) with an Apple Original Airport Card (installed) to a wireless router. When I access the network in System preferences, it detects the router and my Airport Card and indicates that a password is needed to access the that network. After inputting the password and with the location router highlighted, it does not connect me with the network as I go through the setup procedure. The system administrator successfully connected to the router with a PC laptop. Am I not selecting a topic that I should or have I not performed the set up procedure correctly? I did not have this problem when I connected to a non-password router.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Darrell

Never received a reply from Henry B. so I decided to experiment with my problem. I Inputted the password in the Setup assistant, highlighted the router location and clicked Continue to continue with the Assistant. The Airport icon in the top bar became more pronounced instead of faded. I did not receive confirmation of a connection, in fact the back up page button was the only button active. I closed out of the Setup Assistant. I brought a browser and found the browser was connected to the Internet.
MORAL: Don;t always believe the Setup Assistant

Security encryption for Original Airport Card?

I recently purchased and installed an Apple Original Airport card(802.11b) for my iBook G3 running OSX Tiger(10.4.8). All available written documentation that I've obtained is telling me that the card is only 128 bit WEP encryption capable. However, I have been able to log onto my home network and access the internet via my router which is configured for WPA-PSK security encryption.
Now, my question is? Do I have a problem with my home network security if I'm able to access it with a wireless card that is not supposed to be able to access it? Has anyone else encountered this?

Hey Guys,
I have a small problem with setting up our WIFI network!
I have a G3 IBOOK Clemshell & a PC XP SP2 both on the WIFI Network. Right now i just removed the SSID and i enabled MAC filtering. But i want to secure our Network more, but how do i do that.
How do i know, which WPA i need to take?
I have a Belkin router/ Modem and i can choose WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)but than i have a field for "Authentication" what do i need to choose there? the options are: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK. after that i have this field "Encryption Technique" and i can choose TKIP, AES or TKIP+AES! what to take???
I know, so many questions,
but first of all, i am quite new to APPLE and to WIFIs so a lot to learn, i really do hope, you can give me a hand!
Best Regards,
Jan

Two versions of original Airport card?

I have only today learned that the original Airport card came in two versions: 661-2219, which does not have the capability of accessing a WPA-protected router, and 661-2549, which does. My question is, how do you distinguish between these two cards, visibly or otherwise?

It was not 'suddenly discovered,' as we have made this claim for many years. I don't understand how it is inconsistent with what you insist to be the case, as…
• we refer only to the A/B revisions—which you agree do not support WEP beyond 40 bits—to be incapable of supporting WPA, as they shipped from the factory
• we sell such cards with the lower level of capability for use in pre-OS X 10.3 installations with the clear caveat that such cards, as sold, don't support WPA or—if you will—are not guaranteed to, and should be expected to, support WPA
It's not in our financial interest to apply firmware to the older cards which we periodically encounter and we don't claim that it has been done, as we don't test each card specifically for such capabilities. Why bother to, when they are sold indicating that they do not support WPA? We don't speak for others in the industry, only for ourselves. And, we attempt to convey simple, accurate information. In this case, we think we achieve that in a way that lowers what might otherwise be heightened user expectations and avoid unintended outcomes.
Since the higher cost cards are priced at a level consistently at or lower than most vendors and carry a one-year warranty, and the less capable early cards are discounted from that level yet carry the same warranty, we think that they pair offer better overall value to most users under most circumstances. That said, they can be less expensive—or, more expensive—than some unsupported product sold on eBay. But, ours are tested and warranted, and the price has remained consistent across low and high availability situations, something that we again believe provides better overall value to buyers.
Sure, they might—in fact—support it, in some circumstances. But, we would be inundated with complaints from users wanting such support if the individual card they purchased did not support it when they received that specific card. While Apple claims that the original AirPort base station never supported WPA, you need only put a WPA capable replacement card in it and use the appropriate software to gain access to this feature. Components other than the card itself in an AirPort base station can be reasonably characterized as passive. It is the card itself that determines the capabilities of the base station.
We're currently out of the original cards, or I would arrange to ship you one of each to test in your own environment to satisfy your concerns. In our case, testing cards at one point for such capabilities reasonably satisfied us that M7600LL/A and B cards did not support WPA 'out of the box' and so we've simply pointed that out.
It's akin to saying that original iMacs based upon a G3 processor do not support the installation of Mac OS X, unless and until a suitable firmware update is applied. And that statement also is true, given that most shipped pre-OS X and without the installed firmware.
How do I put this? Most alternative suppliers in this industry are chumps: they know little, and care even less. It's all about 'turn and burn' to them, and they seek almost exclusively to maximize their opportunity. Despite their claims, they could care less about customers. You only have to look around the web to figure that out…
We've been quietly engaged in this market in the background for nearly twenty years, so we know a thing or two about the other players.
We find it too cumbersome to explain the capabilities of the original AirPort cards in general beyond what we describe, and not economical to upgrade the firmware of such cards and attempt to sell them as the second generation of that product line, thereby creating an instantaneous identification conflict.
When we receive and qualify additional cards, I will get ahold of you in The Lounge if you are interested in setting up a 'lab test' on your own premises, or modifying the A or B card by applying a firmware update.
To some degree, the argument is moot: Apple no longer supports the original card at all, and the second generation of the product line remains supported only in California, and only for a limited remaining time period.

Airport card and airport extreme compatibility

I am currently using APE with Powerbook G4...love it. I also have an older iMac SE Graphite 600mhz and want to add it to my wireless network. Is the Apple airport card w/adapter that is no longer sold by apple compatible with
my newer APE base station?? Any thoughts on whether ebay is a good source for purchase. I have used ebay several times and have not been dissapointed so far.

Yes, the a Mac equipped with an original Airport card is fully compatible with an Airport Extreme Base Station.
For what its worth, I've never been disappointed either with the dozens of items I've purchased via EBay.

Where's best place to get original Airport card?

I was wondering if anyone could tell me where's the best place to get an original Airport card? I've just bought a new iMac and want to connect my old eMac to it. I've got a BT Homehub wireless router but just need an original Airport card for the eMac downstairs. I'm a bit new to the computer game and just wondered if anyone could recommend a decent place to buy accessories.
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Damarall
iMac 20in 2GHz 512MB Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Thank you guys for answering my question. I've just got one more now Will an American airport card still work on an English Apple Mac. I feel silly asking, as I'm sure it'd be fine, but I know American videos don't work in our players, and DVDs have different regions (although I've found the codes to stop that, he he). Thanks again. Damarall

Airport card and adaptor

Hello Hello.
I just received my Beautiful G3 Ibook in the mail this evening and I was surprised to see that it did not come with an Airport card
How do I tell which airport card is appropriate?
How do I tell if I need to buy the adapter separate?
I tried to configure my Ethernet and it did not work any suggestions?
I am very new to this, Have not used a Mac since Jr. High
thanks!

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
It's not as easy as calling the Apple Store, unfortunately. The iBook G3 takes an original AirPort card. Apple stopped selling them a couple of years ago.
Possible sources for the original AirPort card:
http://www.synaptech.com/catalog/index.php?mainpage=index&cPath=4953
http://www.expercom.com/productdetail.html?PRODUCTID=305851
http://www.powerbookguy.com/xcart/catalog/Airport-Cards-price0-p-1-c-507.html
http://store.macsolutions.com/airportad.html
http://memorysolutions.com/memorysolutions/orapaica1.html
http://store.airportcardsdirect.com/
http://techrestore.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16174
http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Apple-Original-AirPort-Wireless-Card-802.11B-p-31366. html
http://www.megamacs.com/v1/?action=view&pid=967052
http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/rpcart/index.cgi?command=dispitem&type= sku&sku=10061
Instructions for installing the original AirPort card can be found in this Apple Knowledge Base article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=111919
Wireless is wonderful!

Airport card and memory

hi im looking into puttin an airport card in to my mac g4 the lamp desktop and was wondering if i need extra memory and what osx it would run on
hope someone ca

Hello Aldric, welcome to discussions.
It's quite suspicious that your Airport card and one of your memory modules have suddenly "disappeared" at the same time.
This could certainly indicate a hardware issue, but I won't speculate as to what caused it. Sure, a power surge could do this... have you had one recently?
I would try taking the memory module, and the airport card out of your system, and then re-install them.
If your situation does not improve, then you should probably take your machine to an authorized Apple service center.

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

Original airport card connection to Belkin Wireless G Plus router

I have an iBook G3 with an original airport card in it. The card works because I can acess the internet at school or the local Wi-Fi hotspots. I cannot however connect to my own network at home. The computer will pick up my network but when I try to connect I am asked for a password. I DO NOT have NEVER HAD a password for my network and my PC will connect wirelessly just fine. I have read the manuals for every thing I have and can not figure out why it wont connect. Any suggestions other than getting a new computer?

Already tried that
Is the Belkin running in 802.11g mode?
It needs to be running in 802.11b or 802.11b/g mixed mode for a Mac with the original Airport card to connect.
Has the Mac been able to connect to any wireless network?

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.

Anyone ever tried to use an original airport card in an emate 300?

I know it sounds crazy, but I am attempting to think outside the box and save money.
Lemme know what you think of my crazy idea, please!

The original Airport card may look like a PCMCIA card, but it is not. It won't work in a slot that was not specifically designed to accept it. It doesn't even have a built-in antenna.
Also, I suppose that it would save money if you already have one. But those original Airport cards sell for $40-50 on eBay, including shipping. You can get an 802.11b wireless PCMCIA card on eBay for less than $20 including shipping. You'd make some money if you sold the Airport card and got a generic card that is known to work in that slot.

Update--original Airport card w/ no signal

I have now been able to swap original Airport cards with a clamshell iBook and have determined that the "no signal" issue is with the PowerBook G4 Titanium 500 mHz or possibly the OS X 10.4.7 upgrade.
I had previously tried a Linksys 802.11b PCMCIA card and a D-Link 802.11b PCMCIA card in this PowerBook and had exactly the same symptoms--the card was recognized by the operating system, but no wi-fi signal was detected. I read some posts in this forum about PCMCIA card firmware version incompatibilities with OS X and wi-fi connectivity issues with PCMCIA cards after installing OS X 10.4.7, so I decided buying an original Airport card was best solution, and then found out that it doesn't work either!
Now I would like to find out if anyone has suggestions for resolving whatever issue I'm encountering. As I said in my earlier post, I've tried reseating the card and connector as well as unplugging and replugging the antenna connector. I've also tried pressing on the side of the battery compartment where the antennna is located. I haven't tried pulling the antenna out (don't know how difficult that is), but it's not visibly damaged. Probably not a related problem, but the DVD player doesn't work--it attempts to mount a disc but always fails.
Replacing the antenna might be an option; on the other hand, the PCMCIA cards didn't use the Airport antenna and they didn't work either, so I definitely wonder about a software issue.
When I got this machine I reformatted the HD, installed Tiger, and promptly installed all the updates through 10.4.7 before trying to set up wi-fi connectivity, so I don't actually know what effect the updates may have had.

Replacing the antenna might be an option; on the other hand, the PCMCIA cards didn't use the Airport antenna and they didn't work either...
Right — so it definitely isn't an antenna issue.
Is it possible that the network you're trying to connnect to is hidden? I know just barely enough about wireless networking to be dangerous, but I remember when I was setting my router up originally a couple of years ago, there was some option to cloak the network so it wouldn't be visible at all to unauthorized machines, or something like that. It was one of many security features, and I didn't opt to to use it because my router is several hundred feet from any road or other building and requires a password; I don't worry about anyone getting into my network without my knowedge.

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