Linksys vs. powerbook

I just set up a linksys wrt54G router to my earthlink dsl modem. After some wrangling with the linksys people, I got my eMac to work through the ethernet wired connection to the router. However, I can't get my Powerbook (1.5 GHz PowerPC G4) to work on the wireless network just created. The weird thing is, I can log in to my wireless network, and my airport shows that it is getting excellent signal strength. I can also connect to the router or ping it (following someone else's instructions because I wouldn't otherwise know how to do it). It's just when I open a browser, the pages won't load. So I'm getting signal strength, and on the network, but it's like I don't have permission or something to actually use it.
Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

When you say web pages won't load, does the status bar report something along the lines of "www.apple.com not found"? Try entering http://17.112.152.32 into your browser's URL field and pressing return. If that loads the apple.com website, you've identified the problem as being with the DNS (domain name system) setup with the WiFi connection. Check the DNS server info in the appropriate box in the System Preferences -> Network TCP/IP tab settings for Built-in Ethernet on your eMac against the equivalent settings under Airport on the Powerbook and make sure the DNS server entires are the same.
If the computers have the same DNS server settings, check that the router has the same DNS setting under both WiFi and Ethernet connection options. I thought those were by default the same, but it should be straightforward to check by tyoing the router's IP number into your browser's URL bar. If you don't already have the router's IP number at hand, try http://192.168.1.1 and/or http://192.168.1.254 (you can also check the Linksys manual and/or the website).
Note that after changing the router settings you'll likely need to restart the computers for the changes to be picked up.

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Here's at least one reason why you can't print. Both devices have to be on the same network unless you want to have problems with them communicating. One is on a Class C 192.168.something.x net, and one is on a Class A 10.x.x,x net. Put both on the same net. Simple ways to do this:
1 turn off DHCP on the Linksys. If you have the Airport hooked to the Linksys using the Linksys' WAN port, then everything on the Linksys should be part of the Airport's Class A net. The Linksys is now an expensive switch.
2 sell the Linksys and replace it with a real, cheap, switch.
3 turn off the DHCP on the Airport. If you set things correctly with the Linksys and the Airport software, and you have the Airport connected to one of the Linksys' LAN ports, then the Airport is now a wireless access point. Everything will be on the Linksys' Class C net.
4 sell the Airport and replace it with a dedicated wireless access point.
5 sell both the Airport and the Linksys and replace them both with a single device which combines a router, a wireless access point, and a four-port LAN switch in one. Linksys, Belkin, and Netgear, to name but three vendors, make such units.
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have the airport router to create a wireless network
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You've got two nets. You need to have only one. Once you have only one, if you still have problems we can fix those fairly easily.

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My Mac won't get the full downstream bandwidth (9 Mbits) with either wireless or wired ethernet, but my roommate's Windows computer gets the full amount (and then some) with his wired ethernet connection. My ISP and Linksys both report that everything is working fine. What's going on with my Mac?
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I called Cox to ask them if perhaps they had not provisioned the proper amount for our account, and he verified that he had in fact dedicated 10 megabits to our account and that it was in fact being delivered to the modem at 10 megabits downstream and 1 megabit upstream.
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I tried calling Apple, but they just said that it was probably the gateway or Cox, but I know that's not true because if either of those weren't working/configured properly, then my roommates Dell wouldn't have been able to get the full (and then some) downstream speed. The agent simply had me remove my SystemConfiguration folder and then reinstall Tiger, which neither did anything to fix the problem. What a waste of the AppleCare Protection Plan!
I'm pretty convinced that my last test has narrowed down the possible cause of the problem. I inserted my Cisco 350 Aironet PCMCIA wireless card to test to see if there might be a problem with either my AirPort Extreme card or the ethernet controller on the PowerBook, and to my surprise, I was able to get 5.5 megabits downstream consistently. The Cisco card is 802.11b.
I ran one other test by jumping on my neighbor's wireless network which is rated at 4 megabits downstream, and I was able to get the full 4 megabits downstream with my AirPort Extreme card as well as with my Cisco card.
Due to the improved functionality of the Cisco card and the fact that my roommate's Windows computer was able to get the full amount, I'm pretty convinced that there must be a problem with the way my Mac is communicating with this particular Linksys gateway device which is causing it to not receive the full downstream amount. However, I have no clue where to go from here as far as more troubleshooting techniques or possible fixes for this problem.
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I don't know the answer but am curious--do you need to make the upgrade because your 1.5G board is dead, or because you'd like a little more speed?
If the latter, I think you'd be disappointed. In doing a number of upgrades on desktop machines, I've found that, although calculated benchmarks may look better with any upgrade, you need a 20-30% boost in processor speed for the increase to be noticeable in normal use. When I upgraded an old G3 from 300 to 500 mhz --a 40 percent increase--that benefit was crystal-clear. When I compare my 1.0G PowerBook G4 to my 1.25G PowerMac G4 tower (same OS, bus speed, RAM, and VRAM), I see little if any difference in day-to-day computer use from the 25 percent advantage in speed in the desktop model
If the need is for speed, you could end up with a costly upgrade that doesn't "feel" any faster.
As to you real question, it might be better to contact a company selling PowerBook parts to see if they can shed light on the logic board interchangeability. I've bought parts from this firm:
http://www.powerbookguy.com/xcart/catalog/index.html
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I have a question which I believe I know what he answer is. I have a new Powerbook. right now, I am using a Linksys Print Server connected to a Epson inkjet printer. This is networked in my home windows environment. When you add a new pc etc, the Epson drivers are installed first than the Print server drivers. However, it seems there are no Mac driver etc for the Print server per Linksys. So basically, am I stuck with adding a dedicated printer to the powerbook or taking the print server out of the equasion here and letting one of my windows pc be the print server. No an option that I really wanted.
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Al,
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Heres the setup: Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless B router with a Windows XP desktop as the only pc hooked up to it. I use my powerbook wirelessly. Every time the Windows PC is rebooted, the wireless internet connection to my PB is gone... Until I restart the router. But it's pretty annoying to have to go down two flights of stairs just so I can use the internet on my powerbook upstairs.
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Welcome to the Apple discussions.
Do you have the lastest V4 firmware, which is available from Linksys's web site. They also have a support forum where people list firmware issues.
Have you considered any of the third party firmwares available? The WRT54G has publicly available firmware that others have modified to give more flexibility, some which include the ability to increase the signal output. There's a listing under third part firmware at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G#Third-partyfirmwareprojects .
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You've probably looked over the Linksys support web site already (even though the support staff can't spell mac), perhaps you've also done a Google query, something like 'wrt54g v4 problems'.

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Thank you for the info. This all has me frustrated similar to the way I feel when I have to use windows:)
I've finally determined that when I put powerbook to sleep it loses connection. Is this the norm? Generally I can reconnect by going to airport in menu bar and clicking on my network. But first thing this a.m. that did not work and Linksys appeared as a choice.
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Skycoach,
Can you not just select the network from the AirPort menu (icon) ?
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I bet you have chosen to have a closed network (router does not broadcast it's SSID). Such is the price you pay for using a feature that provides no more security than your 128-bit password.
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Hi dratatat:
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Russ,
The Linksys site says that the WPC54G does not support Mac. I'm not sure of the chipset in that card, but I have a Belkin card with the Broadcom chipset that OS X recognizes as an Airport card.
Have you tried System Preferences/Network/Show Network Port Configurations to make sure the Airport is on? If the card is not recognized by the PB, Airport may not be an option.
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http://www.ioxperts.com/devices/devices_80211b.html.
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I have a small home network using an ATT DSL modem-router. I have several PCs hardwired to the router and 1 older MAC wireless. I have a MAC G4 laptop and a Dell laptop (my wife's) also connected wirelessly and all work well. I have added a Linksys wireless print server today and am able to get my wife's laptop to print easily and reliable as does the hardwired Dell. What I need is to get my MAC laptop to print wirelessly as well. I have tried all the options in the printer set-up but it does not see the print server. Linksys does not support MAC and there are no MAC drivers for the print server to download that I know of. Does anyone know of a fix on how I could configure this equipment so I can print wirelessly from my MAC laptop. I would appreciate it.
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I would post this over in the Printing & Faxing forum area here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=756
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I can only access the access point in a computer to computer mode that will not allow internet access.
I am a pc user trying to help my mom. Last time I did this I believe that I changed the channel of my access point. I also had an encrypted access point that her gbook tends to prefer.
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We have a small office network connected to an Efficient Networks DSL router that's managed by our isp. The router has 4 ports and a linksys 8 port switch is connected to one of those ports. Another D-Link wireless router/switch is connected to another port.
2 i-macs connect without problem via ethernet cable. They are set to DHCP and get 192.xx private addresses. Both run 10.4.5. Another older imac running 9.2.2. also has no problems.
I recently purchased a powerbook G4 and it will not connect via ethernet to the Efficient networks router. At first it was connected to the linksys, so decided to connect it direct to the Efficient Networks router. With DHCP, it acquires a 169. internet address which is self generated (i.e. no real connection). I tried to give it a static private address (talking to the isp provider). They could see the powerbook but saw all zero's (presumable mac address). By the way the Powerbook works perfectly at home connected via ethernet cable to a D-Link router connected to a cable modem so it's not a physical problem. I even checked the ethernet cable I used in the office with another computer - no problem.
When I switch to airport in the office, the powerbook connects to the network and the internet. I get some strange warning messages showing the server's and the router's private ip addresses. I click ok, and the powerbook finds an unassigned private ip address. It's the only way it will work, but it causes problems, because I can't connect to one of the network printers. Speed also isn't great.
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Tim,
Thanks for your help. Here's what I've done before reading your e-mail. The D-Link DI-524 wireless router is connected to the Effiicent Neworks DSL router as you mentioned. One ethernet port of the EFF.Net. router is connected to the WAN port of the DI-514.
Because I have a D-Link router at home which works flawlessly with my powerbook, I decided to connect the ethernet cable of the powerbook to the D-Link which has 4 ethernet ports. Lo and behold, the powerbook acquired a private ip address and connected to the LAN and internet!
When I connected the powerbook direct to the Efficient Networks router, it could not communicate. I believe that there must be some software incompatibility between the powerbook and the Efficient Networks router. By connecting to the D-Link, the D-Link assigned an ip address to the powerbook, and it could connect to the server, lan, etc..
Only problem is that I have a Brother network printer that cannot connect to the powerbook. My powerbook cannot find it on the network. Because there is a linksys switch connected to the efficient networks router's third ethernet port, maybe as you said, going through the D-Link via DHCP (when the Linksys is also acting as a DHCP server, might cause this type of problem. What do you think?
As a final note, other imac G5's connected to the linksys switch (which then connects to the Efficient Network's router) have no problem connecting to the lan or internet and have no problem connecting to any of the printers. When I put the powerbook on that switch, I could not connect to the internet - i.e. whether connecting via the lynksys switch or direct with the efficient networks router - same results: no internet connection whether manually or via DHCP.
So the imac G5 has no problem with the efficient networks router but the powerbook G4 hits a brick wall. The G4 likes the D-Link router. I am concerned (and I will have to check this) that if I turn off the dhcp server feature from the D-Link, that whatever software issue crops up between the powerbook and the Efficient Networks router, will rise up again, because the D-Link will act like a simple switch (just like my linksys switch), and we'll be back to square zero. In any case, no harm in trying. This may be the cause of the Powerbook not seeing that Brother printer (even though it sees another printer and other macs).
Having spent hours reading about network problems, I think it's safe to say that macs have problems with certain routers. Why a G5 works and a powerbook G4 doesn't is beyond me, but clearly software must play a role.

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