IMac G5 needs Airport Card

I just discovered my iMac G5 doesn't have an Airport card so I can't get on the internet with it. Does anyone know where I could get one? All help greatly appreciated. A workaround?

Thanks Meriam! I didn't realize they were so expensive but if I want to get my G5 on the internet I guess Steve gets another bite of my stash. Think I'll play around with Firewire transfer from my Intel iMac SL first though. Any suggestions?
My reason for having the G5 (which I got at a "bargain" ) is to have a machine I could use to try to learn BSD and Unix without the danger of blowing away all the files on my "real" computer. My "bargain" has already cost me the price of a rebuilt. But looking on the bright side, "it's the problems that we learn from" and I've learned loads from this unit.

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PS. Thinking of putting my iBook Graphite Clamshell up for sale, any suggestions on the best place to place an ad??

I have had great success using [CraigsList|www.craigslist.org] to buy and sell various things including computers.
Setting up a WDS network just to get two iMacs onto the network is kind of overkill, unless you just can't put them close to the AirPort Extreme and connect directly to it with Ethernet cables.
The problem with buying AirPort cards (and the adapter that the G3 iMac needs to use it) for each computer is that the older AirPort cards are getting increasingly hard to find . Also they are unable to use the more secure WPA encryption, making the network vulnerable to attacks.
Best of luck.

I have an iMacG5 that I have always had hardwired for internet now want to go wireless. Apple store tells me not possible even though user's guide intsructs how to. Need airport card, base etc.

Need to go wireless with iMacgG5. No airport card installed. Apple employee tells me not possible to go wireless with this machine even though user's guide instructs how to. ?????

The early iMac G5s had optional wireless via an Airport Extreme card. Later ones came with it preinstalled. If System Profiler (in Applications > Utilities) shows your Machine ID as "PowerMac8,1" it would have been optional, any number 8,2 and up means you should have built in wireless.
The simplest wasy to access wireless today is via a wireless USB adapter. However, you can't simply run to the store and buy any old gadget. Most on store shelves lack the required Mac OX software support files. This one:
Newer Technology MAXPower 802.11n/g/b USB Adapter + Plug and play direct or with extension cradle
plugs into a USB port and comes with the proper Mac drivers. It's also faster than the Airport Extreme, which is limited to "g" speeds. It's also much cheaper that original Apple cards, which are getting harder to find. I like the cradle that allows placing the device for best reception.

My iMac Intel Duo & Airport Card Don't work...

I am a recent PC to Mac switcher. I have very little experience using Airport Cards, and quite a bit of experience netowrking in the PC world.
Here's my issue. I have my new iMac connected to my wireless network (D-Link 524 - 802.11g). I have tried using both static and dynamic ip. I use WEP 64-bit encryption.
My iMac has absolutely no problem connecting to the network, and obtaining an IP address. Problem is, it constantly disconnects itself, every couple of minutes or so.
I purchased a new super-antenna for the router, incase it was a signal issue. This certainly improved the signal strength, however, the mac keeps losing connection.
The router is situated within 30 feet of the mac, and only one wall - dry-wall, not concrete.
Any suggestions? I never have any issues with my Dell and Toshiba laptops.

You need the older airport utility.. that can be installed on Lion or Mountain Lion.. it cannot be installed on Mavericks.. do you have an older computer even a windows one.. or can access, borrow or bribe a friend over for drinks with laptop.. then you can configure your expresses.. !!
There is a rather complex workaround on Mavericks.. when I posted it in the past.. Apple deleted it.. go figure.
Kappy's post is still there.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24338414#24338414
Perhaps they like him more than me.

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.

Older iMac not recognizing AirPort card

I manually installed an AirPort Extreme card in my G4 iMac. I followed the instructions exactly. However, it's not showing up anywhere in the Network Preferences. It's like I never installed it. I think I did everything right, I even went back and did it again, still to no avail.
Is there something I'm missing here? Remove screws, plug in card, restart computer, right?
Part of what be my problem is I'm using a newer iMac that does have an AirPort card built-in as a base station, (or, at least, that's the plan- is nothing showing up because I don't have a real base station?). Maybe I'm totally wrong about all this, but I don't think that should stop my computer from not recognizing the card.
It is an older card, bought refurbished from the Apple Online Store.

Which G4 iMac did you install the card into? Does it have a clock speed of 1 GHz or faster? Click on the Apple menu and select "About this Mac".
Assuming the clock speed is 1 GHz or faster, run System Profiler and look in the "AirPort:" field. If the card is not recognized, the field will be blank.

IMac dies after airport card insertion

I have an iMac G5 (edu version) that I wanted to upgrade with an airport card from another iMac G5. I inserted the card and connected it, did not touch or change anything else, and when I pressed the power button, an explosion occured about where the power unit seems to be and smoke came out. Since the the iMac is dead. How can this be?

Hmm- the card must be compatible. It's an original Airport card that came from another iMac G5. Installed incorrectly is a possibility, but I don't see how. The installation is quite idiot-proof and I'm only a 50% idiot
Coincidence, however, sounds quite unprobable.
Maybe some loose part fell into the power supply and caused a short circuit while I moved the iMac from a vertical to a horizontal position. Maybe some mean little animal that had chosen to live in there got effraid and urinated on a circuit. There are indeed many more possibilities than meets the eye
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Do I need an Airport card, too?

I have a flat panel iMac without an airport card connected to the internet via Ethernet with a 2Wire router. I have an iBook with an airport card.
So .... my iBook connects to my 2Wire network via airport, but I can't get on the Internet and even though file sharing is on on my iMac, I can't seem to access my iMac files.
Is this because I don't have an airport card in my iMac? I thought the wireless router would act as an airport card, but maybe I was wrong! If I do need an airport card for my iMac, where would I find one besides eBay?

Hi,
More things to help anybody else--what OS-X are you using, what version Flat Panel iMac, PPC or Intel, same with your iBook, my wife has a 2001 and they made them up untill recently.
You were right the first time, you won't see Airport because you don't have a card plugged in, the router is now your "Airport" card via ethernet. The computer doesn't see it so it won't bring it up. The same thing happened with my Blue Tooth. One less button to confuse me with i say.
Try looking at your TCP/IP settings on your iMac and see if their the same as your iBook. They should be identical except for the last 2 or 3 numbers at the end of the "IP Address:". Those are assigned by the router to each different computer. So depending on the router both computers should only be 1 or 2 of from each other.
You might try just making another Location and starting over and see what happens. Or if you have another Account boot into it and see if you are having the same problem.
At the very least Boot into your Startup Disk in "OS-10.xx whatever" and repair Permissions. You should boot into it before and after you update anyway.
One other thing, does your computer automatically log in or do you have to type in the passwords and network name because you might be logged into you neighbors network instead. I can go to a wireless motel or truck stop or rest area and there might be a half dozen networks showing and i can connect to half of them (no password needed) but i can't get on the internet.(password needed). Just a thought.
This is a very long shot but what the hey,
I've heard the last few updates in 10.4.x and 10.5.x have been giving every one fits so just for the heck of it, if your not using it as Admin, take a look in your "Accounts" under "Preferences" and click on" Parental Controls" and see if it defauted back. It's a shot in the dark but i've heard of odder things happening.
Good luck
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Airport card - will it fit an older model iMac?

in order to save me running another ethernet cable to add my old G3 400mhz imac (summer 2000 model) to my home network, is it possible the airport card that resides presently in my Intel Core2Duo iMac (2.16 ghz) would physically fit in the G3?
Airport is turned off on the Intel iMac (it is hardwired to wireless router) and i could use the wireless option on the G3.
I want to ask before attempting removal and disturbing delicate internal components.
Thx in advance

Sorry, your newer iMac uses an AirPort Extreme Card, and your older iMac uses an AirPort Card and requires a special adapter. You can't use the newer card in the older iMac.

Can iMac with Airport card be used to supply Wi-Fi for Kindle?

I bought a Kindle for my mother, but got the Wi-Fi only Kindle. I now find out she doesn't have Wi-Fi set up. She has DSL wired to her iMac. The iMac has an Airport card which I believe can act as a base station to share internet with other Macs. But will it also allow her to use the Kindle with her internet? She lives in another state and I would have to help her set it up over iChat Desktop Sharing probably.

apparently the kindle will not connect to "ad hoc" or "peer to peer" networks, which is what the airport card creates.
the better news for you is that you can download books from amazon directly to your computer and manage them there too. from amazon's web page download the "kindle for mac" program: www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/mac
then you can start downloading books to that application directly from their site. they will appear in your documents folder and can be copied into the documents folder on your kindle, after which they will appear on the device.

G4 without airport card installed

Hi, ive got a G4 lamp style imac without a airport card installed. I have a wireless route connected to the above mac. Installed the airtunes software and it says airport card not found.
Does this mean I have to buy and airport card or can I connnect to the airport express basestation using my wireless router?
many thanks

David White15:
A Base Station won't "detect" a remote Base Station - ie you cannot just use an Airport Express, cabled to a Mac, as a replacement for an Airport card without first performing the required configuration of both Airport Express devices.
What you first need to do is set up a wireless distribution system (WDS) between these two Airport Express devices. Since you apparently don't have an Airport card equipped Mac to help you perform the configuration, you must configure each device manually, one at a time, with a direct cabled connection using the Airport Admin Utility. The general instructions are found at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454
This is a complicated setup, not really a beginner's project, so it doesn't surprise me you couldn't figure out how to get this all to work even with the help of Apple tech support and Apple's Knowledgebase articles. My suggestion - use one of your Airport Express devices as a Base Station, and buy an Airport card for your iMac. That will be a lot easier to set up.

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.

Can't set up my airport card to share my internet connection with notebook

I have an iMac with an airport card -- I have a visitor with a notebook and I cannot set up a way to share the ethernet cable connection through my computer and airport card. No matter what I do it the Airport will always show "AirPort 5 has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the Internet". I don't understand why it has a self-assigned IP -- I thought by using the internet sharing set-up that it simply duplicated a sharing of the modem through the built-in ethernet and using the same IP address. What am I doing wrong or is it just not possible to do it due to what my airport card allows? I am doing everything by the letter according to the instructions iMac G5 although I upgraded to Leopard operating system. Any advice? i do have an airport express but I can't understand why the airport card simply does not share my IP address.

The Airport Utility will only see (scan) the router if your PC is connected to it.
You may do the following.
1) Hard reset using the reset button on the router while plugged in. Keep pressed the button for 5 seconds to reset.
2) Connect to "Apple ..." network as shown in "View available wireless networks". Don't worry if you lose you connection to your existing matter. Your PC has already been setup to connect to your existing network and it takes only a click to connect to it. After you're done with Airport Express, your PC will automatically connect.
3) If still not successful, try opening network connection properties. Go to control panel, right click Network connections and select properties. Go to Wireless tab on the top and check if apple network is listed in your preferred networks. If not, try steps 1 and 2 until you find the network here. If it is listed here, open its properties and change encryption to "Disabled".
4) At this point, you should see it in Airport Utility.

After Leopard Update this AM, My Airport Card is Disabled!

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Just found a solution to the problem with this post:
"Can you guys having problems check if the AppleAirPort2.kext is still present in your /System/Library/Extensions folder? It is an older Tiger-only AirPort driver that is no longer used on Leopard. You can simply delete it, or move it aside by changing the extension to something besides .kext. See if that fixes your problem."
I removed this file and without restarting, AirPort appeared again.

Why does Airport card lose AX network connection intermittently??

I'll be working, and then abruptly the Airport card in my iMac G4 loses the AX connection to the Apple network, and can't find any network. My iBook picks it up fine. Then, maybe within a half hour or so, it suddenly finds the AX Apple network again. All the while my iBook is fine. The only difference between these computers is that the iBook has an Airport Extreme card, and the iMac has an Airport card. And, I'm also in the same room as the AX station. iStumbler appears to show a loss of signal when this occurs, but that doesn't explain the iBook working fine.
I looked in the AP mgmt utility, and saw this:
"Deauthenticated with station (iMac mac address) (inactivity)."
And then:
"Deauthenticated with station (iMac mac address) (received invalid class-3 frame)."
What is the problem here??
Config: Cable Modem > Belkin F5d7230-4 router > ethernet to AX > wireless to computers
iBook G4 / iMac G4 / iPod 20GB Mac OS X (10.4.7)
iBook G4 / iMac G4 / iPod 20GB Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I'm looking into that possibility.......have a cordless phone in the office, a PC, cell phones, etc. Will clear them out and recheck. The maddening thing is that the iBook is totally bulletproof even in that environment. Why would the iMac be having these issues, but not the iBook? Is Airport Extreme more robust, or that much better than Airport?
Even now, the iMac shows no network - yet I'm writing this on the iBook right next to it, and it's had no network interruption whatsoever.
Do you have any knowledge of those "error" notations from the syslog? Could they be pointing to anything else?
Thanks much.....

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