No WPA2 choice on tiger?

Hi Community,
I just restored my old PowerBook G4 from Leopard down to Tiger. However, when i try to connect to my WPA2 encrypted network, the only choices are:
WEP Password
WEP 40/128 bit-hex
WEP 40/128 bit-ASCII
LEAP
What gives? In Leopard I could easily select WPA2 and connect, so it's obviously not my wireless card or any other hardware. Does Tiger just not support WPA2? Thanks.

You need to upgrade to 10.4.11 for WPA security.
If you have an Airport Extreme/Time Capsule you can active the guest network temporarily to upgrade to 10.4.11 then switch to your normal WPA2 network and deactive the guest.
With other routers you will have to temporarily turn OFF security whilstcyou upgrade'

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