Connection Problems G5 Internal Airport Card

Hello,
I just bought a Quad G5 and seperately an Airport Extreme Card to go inside so that I can connect wirelessly to the internet.
The card is being recognized by the computer, but I'm getting no signals... and usually with my laptop I'll get not only my wi-fi, but four or five nearby ones.
So, I think there's more work to do but I'm not sure what. I tried combing these forums and some things seemed like they might be the answer but I wasn't sure when I looked into the belly of my computer.
I'm guessing I need to connect this antenna I hear so much about? But I'm not sure how. I see two thin wires with metal tips that look like about the same size as a hole on the end of the Airport Card, but I'm afraid to guess at it first not knowing if that's even the right thing to do, and then secondly, not knowing which of the two to try.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rolyn

I found out the Airport Extreme card doesn't work on this version of G5... needed a Airport/Bluetooth combined card....
No thanks to Apple in figuring that out, in fact, when I bought my computer, the Airport Extreme card came up as a recommended additional purchase. WHY??? To waste four hours of my day today? Not only that but it took a guy at Apple Care an hour to figure that out. Yikes.

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Internal Airport card

I have read all kinds of posts on airport , but they do not answer a question or two that I have . My daughter bought an iPod in April of this year and we were able to use the airport card in the iMac to connect to the internet . Then when Snow Leopard came out I installed it on that day . Then the connection started to be on and off then I couldn't turn airport on unless I rebooted then it may or may not work . One apple support person said that I shouldn't even be able to share the internet that way . I got ahold of another person in support and she had me do some things to see if the hardware was the problem . It wasn't so she had me do a clean install of snow leopard and it has worked fine until three days ago . Now apple support says that what I am trying to do is not supported and I was more or less lucky to have had it work that way . So they say I need a router . Even my wife's net book has been doing what the ipod touch has been doing . Now my other question is even if I had a router to connect to the airport card it would have to receive and transmit , which support says it is not a transmitter . What the blank is the airport card suppose to do the , besides take up room Thank you for reading this far .

Yes I am frustrated . But don't get me wrong my iMac is a thing beautiful . What I have is DSL comes into the house and into my DSL modem then into my iMac . And I was using the internal airport card to share internet with the iPod and a net book . Right now my air port is off and I cant turn it on unless I restart . There is only one support person that helped me and I am trying to get ahold of her. And yes it was working befor for internet shareing but not now . And I live at least 150 miles from an apple store . Oh blue me spare and agony on me .
This is one response I have recieved
.Ah… Mac OS X 10.6.x: and therein, lies the problem. Apple may have dropped explicit support for what is termed Internet Sharing with the release of Snow Leopard's first update, but it is not entirely clear if this is the case. Behind the scenes, there are mixed messages. Some AppleCare support and Apple Store employees have indicated that it is no longer explicitly supported, while others have insisted that it is. The question has been escalated to Engineering, but it may be weeks before there is an official answer or, if necessary, a fix. They've done things like this before—with Address Book interaction for dialing or SMS transmission with a mobile handset, for example, with the introduction of Mac OS X 10.5—and telephony features like that one I just described have never been reintroduced.
I reiterate that as someone who deals extensively with network issues and has for more than 15 years, that using this capability is a VERY poor practice. I get that it's cheap and convenient, but it exacts a terrible cost on other users worldwide. The direct connection of any device to a 'data utility' provider is the reason that SO many machines, connected around the clock to broadband providers, have become network 'zombies' or 'botnets.' There are hundreds of thousands of them now, and these machines are almost exclusively the driver for DNS, distributed denial of service, data theft, and trojan software insertion. While it's true that such machines are typically limited to those running Windows XP or earlier, it really is a huge issue. Our electronic commerce site is routinely attacked literally hundreds of times a day.
I suggest that to protect yourself—and, in particular, that Windows OS based netbook—as well as others, that you purchase a suitable hardware router and gateway with wireless capabilities, and that you enable WPA security at a minimum.
Believe me, a single successful attack against an XP machine, even once detected, will cost you many times the dollar cost of a typical gateway, in just a single incident. Not to mention the ongoing cost of the loss of personal information, such as credit card data, bank account and other financial information, and loss due to your passwords being 'lifted' by a nefarious program inserted into your network.
I appreciate that you don't expect passers-by to log onto your wireless network in a rural area, but—by far—the greatest threat is being hit by robotic queries from the outside edge of your net, not the inside edge. If you choose to install a router and look at its logs after attaching and configuring it, you will be shocked at the volume of unsolicited queries or 'attacks' of your IP address.

Configure internal airport card

I've been using my powerbook with a Verizon Westell wireless network for a while now...and I was very pleased at how painless it was to set up
That said, I recently bought a Cube but it has no Airport card ;-(
So I dragged out an Airport Express that's been gathering dust (bought while I was road-warrioring) and have been playing around.
Sadly, it seems I can't set up a WDS with the Westell wireless DSL modem and get my cube connected that way...too bad. (Though http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=36&threadid=1513386&frmKeywor d=&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear%20 has an interesting discussion of wireless bridging that seems to indicate bridging that isn't WDS can be accomplished)
But, after all that, here is my question... While the Airport Admin program does a good job of setting parameters for BASE stations, there seems to be no equivalent way to fiddle around with settings of the powerbook's internal Airport card....other than the Unix command line Airport configuration commands, which don't have a simple format, and don't have specific commands to set up a software base station, much less a software WDS base station that would let me at least link my laptop to the cube with the AX, never mind pass through internet access from the westell DSL router. Anyone here that can point me further down the road, besides "get a WDS compatible wireless router or an airport card for the Cube?" Thanks

You could use OS X's Internet Sharing feature to share the wireless Internet connection of your PowerBook, via Ethernet, to the Cube.
The network configuration would be something like the following:
Westell router > (wireless) > PowerBook [Ethernet port] > (Ethernet cable) > [Ethernet port] Cube
The basic set up would be...
Enable Software Firewall - PowerBook
System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall
- Click Stop to start the software firewall
Setup Port Order - PowerBook
System Preferences > Network > Show > Network Port Configurations
- Verify that "AirPort" and "Built-In Ethernet" are enabled.
- Verify that "AirPort" is at the top of the list, followed by "Built-In Ethernet."
- Click "Apply Now."
Configure the Internet Connection - PowerBook
System Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort > TCP/IP
- Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
- Configure IPv6: Automatically or Off
Enable Internet Sharing - PowerBook
System Preferences > Sharing > Internet
- Share your connection from: AirPort
- To computers using: Built-In Ethernet (checked) (Note: Uncheck all other entries in the list.)
- Click Start

WiFry + Macbook pro... circumventing the internal airport card?

Hi,
I'm trying to build an external WiFi parabolic antenna to extend the range of my MacBook pro (antenna as pictured here: http://www.instructables.com/id/EC0S9C3F0HPZCGN/)
Anyways, its a pretty simple construction, but I don't know how to get my laptp to use it. I need to figure out how to get my macbook pro to recognize and use a generic WiFi-G USB dongle as opposed to the internal airport card.
Is it possible that my USB dongle just isn't compatible with macs, and if so is there a specific usb wifi dongle you can recommend?
I would really love to get this working!
Thanks

Deepinside,
Are you trying to configure this with the dongle connected?
If a suitable driver is present, the dongle should be recognized when it is plugged in and powered. If it is not being recognized, you will need drivers.
My guess is that the only resident 802.11x drivers are those for the built-in interface, and any third-party devices must come with their own drivers. Also, some devices are more compatible than others; depends on the device and manufacturer.
I have been able to find one USB dongle listing on CompUSA that indicates that OS X drivers are available for download. It's not that OS X will not look for network connections via USB; it will. In fact, I use my mobile phone as a broadband modem via USB, and OS X doesn't care how the network connection is made (whether it's WiFi, WiMax, DUN, Ethernet, etc.). When I first configured my phone for use as a data modem, all I had to do was plug it in for it, and the network port, to be recognized.
It should be the same for you, provided you are using the right device, with the right drivers.
Scott

Can I use the internal airport card of my Mac as a BRIDGE?

* My Mac is part of my home network.
* My wired Router provides NAT addressing for all wired computers and printers.
Question:
Can I use the internal airport card of my Mac as a BRIDGE?
I am able to create a second LAN where the internal airport card, creates it's own network, but then the wireless computers are not on the same network as the wired.
If using an Airport Express, there is an option you can uncheck "assign IP address" that turns it into a bridge.... Is there anything similar with os X 10.4.3

answered in another thread

How can I change my internal airport card from G to N ???

I just want to know how can I change my internal airport card from G to N and how much that cost ?

Robertito wrote:
I just want to know how can I change my internal airport card from G to N and how much that cost ?
The description of your machine (2 ghz MacBook) can describe maybe three different generations of the original polycarbonate MacBook.
If your machine is a Core 2 Duo MacBook that came out before the late 2007 models - $2.49 Canadian. It's all done in software, and won't work on the Core Duo models. The equivalent enabling software also comes on a disc if you get the latest 802.11n Apple AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express base stations.
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/D4141ZM/A
Before you buy, you can check to see if your machine already has it.

Can I use Airport Extreme instead of an internal Airport Card?

+Sorry I realise there are various queries all over the web relating to this same issue, however I can't seem to find a consensus anywhere, or a setup that specifically relates to my situation...+
I currently have a G5 iMac (OS X 10.5.6), which connects wirelessly to my 2Wire "2701HGV-W Gateway" ADSL2+ modem/router. I also have a Lexmark wi-fi printer wirelessly connected to the network. This setup has worked flawlessly for nearly a year now. Occasionally a friend comes over and connects his XP laptop to the same network, again without any problems.
I use WPA2 security and my wireless network is set to 802.11b/g (said friend's XP laptop runs on 'b' only; my iMac and printer run on 'g').
Yesterday I inherited an old eMac (1GHz, 80GB, 512MB RAM, superdrive, 56kb modem, no airport card). In lieu of buying a really long ethernet cable or going to the hassle of finding and installing a suitable airport card (I'm not a technical guy!), I wondered if I could simply buy an Airport Express, and connect that to my eMac via a short ethernet cable, this enabling the eMac to get online? The setup I'm imaging goes something like this:
*eMac > ethernet cable > Airport Express > (((wireless connection))) > 2Wire modem/router > internet.*
Is this a feasible solution? Would it enable me to connect to the wi-fi printer and also share files with my iMac?
Also, if it would work, could I simultaneously connect my Time Machine HD (or another external HD) to the USB port on the Airport Express to share it with both my iMac and eMac?

Not unless you're already using an AirPort base station as the router. The AeroPad mini meets your requirements.
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IBook G4 internal Airport card faulty

I have had my iBook G4 since mid 2005 and up until recently it has been brilliant but sadly it has started crashing and the report indicates that the airport card is at fault. Having spoken with the local mac repairer they suggested that changing the card could solve the problem but equally, given the age of the laptop, it could ultimately be the logic board!! Rather than throw good money after bad their suggestion was to disconnect the airport card (which seems to be integrated rather than easily removable) and use a usb wifi connection. They suggest D-Link WUA-1340 but I cannot find this anywhere in the UK. Does anyone have a suggestion where I can buy this or an alternative that will work. Thank you.

this is what it looks like anyway: http://www.ifixit.com/iBook-Parts/iBook-G4-12-Inch-1-33-GHz-or-14-Inch-1-42-GHz- Airport-Bluetooth-Board/IF183-054
anymore, most adapters have a pretty good chance of working. Check around for which models are available where you live & then search for mac compatability on those.

Please Help Connection problems G4 and Airport Extreme

I have a G4 Quicksilver and a Airport Extreme Base Station. Wireless internet has been working great for several years. Purchased a new G5 and moved my G4 upstairs one floor. The G4 airport connection worked fine for about one day. Now everytime the G4 sleeps or restarts it can't find the AEBS. Lines in airport icon on desktop turn from black to gray. I opened Airport Admin Utility and AEBS does not show up. I know the signal is getting to that room because I also own a G4 powerbook and can connect with it. If I open internet connect and turn airport off and on I can sometimes get the signal back and connect but loose it as soon as the computer goes to sleep. If I bring the G4 back down stairs where the AEBS is I can connect no problem. I took out the airport card and reseated it and made sure the antenna connection wash pushed in all the way but no luck. Any Idea?

You may check the following points:
1. Do you have neighbouring wireless networks on the upper
floor?
2. What are your walls and floors made of? How many of them
are you crossing from your AEBS to your G4?
Are you passing through all of them perpendicularly?
3. With Internet Connect open, try to move and turn your
G4 to improve the signal strength. Does it change a lot?

I have a strange WPA problem with my airport card

To set the scene, I'm using a powerbook G4 with built in airport card. My home router is a Belkin Pre-N MIMO.
I have had a recurring problem with the router for a few months now, I don't quite know when it started, but it has gotten to the point where I must do something about it.
The security on the router is set to WPA PSK with a TKIP system. I understand that in order to preserve the integrity of the encryption, the WPA key is routinely changed. In normal circumstances, this transfer is instant, but for some reason on my powerbook, it results in the computer becoming disconnected from the Internet, although it thinks it is still connected. Even more strangely, only port 80 is affected by this, as ftp, POP3, online games and instant messengers work fine.
Disabling the security on the router seems to fix the issue, but leaves the network open to others. Other wireless computers, including a G4 MDD with a Belkin Wifi card, are not affected by this issue.
I thought it might be a problem with my powerbook's built in wireless card not dealing with the WPA key change process, but i'm not sure. I'd appreciate any insight.

This was solved by buying an Apple Airport Base Station.

WiFi connectivity in Miami International Airport

I have recently experienced a strange WiFi problem while traveling to the US. While waiting for my flight in the Miami International Airport (MIA) i was unable to connect my PlayBook to the free WiFi network. After realizing that many travelers around me were not experiencing similar technical difficulties, I tried connecting from my TouchSmart PC tablet... again, without success. After some experimentation it found out that I needed to set the parameter "Region and language | Language for non-unicode programs" to "English (United States)" rather than to "English (Canada)". This fixed the problem on my PC. However, I have been unable to find a similar setting for my PlayBook. I had this WiFi problem in Miami International Airport but not in the Miami hotel where I stayed. I was able to access the free WiFi network in Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and Tampa International Airport (TPA).
Any suggestions? Tx.

There are no Apple Autorized resellers in Miami International Airport. You could have googled and found that out.

Replacing internal airport card

This is my unit:
Model Name: PowerBook G4 15"
Model Identifier: PowerBook5,6
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Processor Speed: 1.5 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.1f3
I was on a trip and computer starting to get messages that the operating system unexpectedly quit and to restart computer. I receive this message several times and worried that the HD was crashing. On each startup, the icon for wireless connection would turn off on be on-it would report "no wireless card installed"
I reset the pram several times and then tried reinstalling the OS. Still no wireless card found.
I am assuming that the card is fried and needs replacement. I am having a difficult time finding info on what card I need and how to install. There is no slot under the battery. From what I understand, I have a combo airport card with bluebooth? The bluetooth icon is lit on the system bar, it appears to be working but I have never used bluetooth.
Please help. I think I can do install myself as I was able to replace the HD on my own.
thanks

Hi,
*"computer starting to get messages that the operating system unexpectedly quit and to restart computer."*
That is called a kernel panic. Go here for help to Resolve Kernel Panics
Carolyn

Internal airport card install?

I've purchased an internal Airport Extreme card for my Mac Pro (the tower). I thought I was getting a PCI card but it's just a tiny chip. It didn't come with any install instructions, just a note that it should be installed already and ready to go. There's no documentation on the support site here detailing how to do this. Does anyone know where to stick this thing? I'm getting extremely frustrated and I really don't want to have to cart my mac across town to the apple store.

http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/07/18/how-to-installing-an-airport-extreme-car d-in-an-intel-mac-pro/

Problems with my airport card.

Why do i get the message "No airport card installed" up on my Macbook pro when it from time to time finds it?
And when i have it and turn it of i can't turn it on again.
I have upgraded from OS X 10.6.8 to OS X 10.7.2, and i still have the problem. I got the OS X 10.6.4 install CD so now that i have installed Lion i cant use that Install CD anymore, so i cant reinstall the whole computer. With my present knowledge.
But is it something i can do to fix this problem or do i need to send it in to get it repaired. Since it just started happening and it have been working perfectly the last year. My model is august 2010 (late 2010)

It seems it won't be necessary -- this is beyond weird!
I've just re-turned on my Mac (which I had already tried to do a couple of times before posting my question, even allowing some time for the computer to cool off and relax, but unsuccessfully) and the AirPort Card is working again...what the bloody hel*?! Hopefully it is going to keep behaving properly for good, now!
Anyway, thank you so much for your help, I'll note down your suggestion in case it happens again in the future!
Have a nice day

Problems with my AirPort card -- in dire need of help!

Hello everyone.
Something very odd and equally horrible has just happened.
I've turned on my MacBook Pro 15" and - poof! - apparently it's as if the AirPort Card (which has worked perfectly well for over a year now) were no longer there, meaning that the computer just won't "see" it.
I really am at a loss to explain this because earlier in the afternoon I used my MacBook Pro as usual and everything was fine -- I didn't do anything besides surfing the Net, as I always do. Now I've turned it on and it's as if there were no AirPort Card in the computer.
The AirPort network, on the other hand, keeps working all right (I'm writing on another Mac on the same network).
What's wrong?!?!?! Is it a hardware issue? Is my Card simply busted? Or could it be a software issue (dunno - viruses or whatever else)??
Thank you, I'm desperate!

It seems it won't be necessary -- this is beyond weird!
I've just re-turned on my Mac (which I had already tried to do a couple of times before posting my question, even allowing some time for the computer to cool off and relax, but unsuccessfully) and the AirPort Card is working again...what the bloody hel*?! Hopefully it is going to keep behaving properly for good, now!
Anyway, thank you so much for your help, I'll note down your suggestion in case it happens again in the future!
Have a nice day

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