Mac Mini unable to connect to wireless

Hello there,
I have a 1.66ghz Mac Mini with OSX 10.4.11
I am trying to connect to my wireless router but am having some difficulty. The Airport can see my router in the menu, and when I enter the password, it processes for about 30 seconds then says "There was an error joining the AirPort network".
I know the connection works, because I am using it right now on my macbook with Leopard 10.5.6.
I am using a Netgear wireless router model no. WGT624
Apparently the connection works when I connect via ethernet.
Any help would be much appreciated.

There is no need to upgrade to MacOS 10.5 to resolve this - MacOS 10.4.x was perfectly capable of connecting to wireless routers, and there are untold numbers of Macs running various versions of Tiger which are used daily on wifi.
Most issues with connection failures of this sort are caused by issues with security. As such, a good place to start is to temporarily disable your router's wifi security so that it is an open network, and then try and connect with the mini. If it fails then, you know it's an issue with the mini and signal quality because your MacBook connects OK (thus the router is working correctly). In that case you could obtain a copy of AP Grapher (http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/apgrapher/) on the mini (after connecting it via ethernet which you say works) and looking at the wifi signal the mini is seeing - it seems likely at that point you'll find the signal is low, or rather variable, or the trace for noise is high, meaning there is significant interference. This can create a situation where the system can 'see' the router via wifi, but fails to connect due to time out errors.
If it the mini connects with the security off, then the issue is the type of security or perhaps that the password is not being entered correctly.

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