My Powermac G4 AGP won't connect to a network through an airport card.

I have a powermac G4 AGP that won't connect to any networks via airport wireless card. An error message pops up on the screen after trying to connect. Displayed is "There was an error when trying to connect to the preferred network." Can anyone help me with this?

Hi Scott,
What Encryption do those Networks use... Open, WEP, WPA, WPA2?
The Original 802.11b Airport card cannot do WPA2, most will do WPA with a Firmware update, it should do WEP or Open networks.
Do any of those Routers support 802.11b/g, or just 802.11n?

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