Old airport card

I have bought an old airport card for my titanium powerbook G4. Where do I put it?

Go to www.apple.com/support/diy/ and select your PowerBook. You will find the directions for installing the card.
You can use KB 88248, PowerBook G4 Computers: How to Identify Different Models to determine exactly which PowerBook you have.

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Old Airport card not recognizing Apple Airport Router.

Hello there,
I've just been given an old G4 (digital audio) to use for university and after doing some research brought an old Airport card off of ebay.
After putting into the relevant slot and plugging it in, it started to recognize all of my neighbor's networks, but not my own which is run from an Apple Router!
I also have a faster G4 iBook which uses the airport extreme card and it can find it no problem?
Is it a lost cause trying to get such an old card trying to find the router? I'd rather avoid having to 'borrow' my neighbor's connection if I can help it.

Hi duane,
Thanks for the prompt reply.
My airport base station has just been reset and is currently using the default channel (which i believe is 2) and the airport card still is refusing to notice it.

AE - What is faster? Ethernet or Old Airport Card ??

I'm going to be setting up my older G4 in my office to share multiple printers and be the iTunes jukebox. It has an original Airport card installed in it. In the past I have had problems with streaming music from my machines with older Airport cards. I have the option of installing an AE with the computer.
If I run an ethernet cable from the G4 to the AE, will the bandwidth be greater than using the older Airport card ??

Absolutely. All G4s shipped with at least 100base-T Ethernet, which is almost 10 times faster than the old Airport card.

10.6.2 Upgrade and old Airport Card Problems

Not sure if related BUT after spending the day from heck recovering from my 10.6.2 upgrade, my G4 Cube which was in the wireless network with an old airport card I pirated from and old macbook will NOT join the network. Airport Ext is set to use WPA Personal or WPA2 as security.
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Old Airport card (b protocol) will not connect to Airport Express

Hi,
I have an one year old Intel IMac running OS/X 10.5.7 and recently bought the Airport express. Setup went smooth and fast and within 10 minutes it was working. I did all the software and firmware updates.
Then I connected my wife's Windows laptop, network was detected and the password was accepted immediately so I got that connected as well.
Last, but apparently not least, I tried to connect my G3 iBook running OSX 10.2.8 with an Airport card (not the extreme but the predecessor) so I could use that one in the garden but it will not connect.
When I open the airport icon on the top of the screen then I see the network. If I select it and try to connect I have to enter a password. After a few seconds I get a message that "There was an error joining the selected Airport network".
When I use the Airport Setup assistant to establish the connection if tells me that "the password you entered was incorrect".
I was told that the Airport Express station is able to use a 801.11b protocol since that is what the old card uses.
I checked the password, I used textedit to type it first and the 'cut and paste' but nothing seems to work.
Long story but I hope I gave enough information for someone to resolve this problem for me. I cannot reply immediately to all replies but I will read them all.
Thank you,
Henk

Hello CarreraHenk. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
When I open the airport icon on the top of the screen then I see the network. If I select it and try to connect I have to enter a password. After a few seconds I get a message that "There was an error joining the selected Airport network".
Which wireless encryption standard are you using on your new 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station's (AXn) wireless network ... WEP, WPA or WPA2?
For WPA, the minimum requirements are the AirPort Card & OS X 10.3.n. The AirPort Card will not support WPA2.

PLEASE HELP! How to get (old) Airport Card working on (old) emac???

Hi, I have an older 700MHz emac and I got an Airport Card (the original, I think).
I opened the CD tray, connected the antennae and seated the card, but it still says "No information found" when I look in the system profile, under Airport Card.
What could I be doing wrong? I've re-tried this a couple of times already.

Push the card in really hard, until your hear it click - Mine was like yours, then I tried one last time to press it in real hard, and it worked... If that doesnt work, then you have a dud card, or your Airport slot is broken.

Extreme not working as good as my old airport card?

Hi all. I just bought a new iMac 24" yesterday and I'm having some internet issues.
I have free internet service in my building. Usually you connect to the signal, and then it brings up a web page where you enter login info to gain access to outside websites. I was using a G4 tower with the original airport card, and didnt have any issues with this.
Now with my new iMac, I can connect to the service but the speed lags so much that it's literally slower than 56k dialup. I know nothing is wrong with the building's equipment, as I signed onto it with my laptop and it's just as fast as usual.
I know the airport card in the iMac is a newer version than the original one I had in the G4....but shouldnt that make it better?
Is there a simple fix to this? I just cant figure this one out.
thanks in advance.
iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

ALL the computers will run on the network at the
speed of the router. The new intel Mac should not be
SLOWER than any other Mac on the same network when
surfing the net - it should have the same speed -
currently the G4 has a good speed but the intel Mac
has the speed of a dial up - the question was 'why is
the intel mac slower than the G4 on the SAME network
- you missed the point
I'm not looking to take sides, as I appreciate any input on this....however, this is more about what my question is in regards to.
If my new iMac ran at the slower of a high speed internet connection, I would be fine with that...however, it's running at an unreasonable speed which at times even seems slower than 56k..way slower. I feel that it's just strange that my G4 tower with the original airport card (not even an extreme) runs 50 times faster on the net than my new one...

Ibook G-3 with old airport card can't see New Airport Extreme Base Station

I have been trying for a week now to get my G-3 ibook set up on my Airport Extreme Network. No matter what I do, I can't sign on to the network. When I put in the password I get an error message 3151. I have no idea what this means. I have read everything, restarted base, changed network password, trashed all airport and prefs on G-3 and reinstalled. Although my network shows up in the control strip, it doesn't show in the setup assistant. Please help if you can, I'm about to go crazy! Thanks.
Power Mac G5 and ibook G3 Clamshell Mac OS X (10.4.9) ibook is running 9.2.2
Power Mac G5 and ibook G3 Clamshell Mac OS X (10.4.9) ibook is running 9.2.2
Power Mac G5 and ibook G3 Clamshell Mac OS X (10.4.9) ibook is running 9.2.2

Dear Duane, I did have 802.11b configured, but I had the WPA instead of WEP enabled. When I reconfigured my network, the clamshell was instantly able to join and use the network. I have many many questions about how to use the network to allow both computers to communicate, but I'll read up on it and I'm sure the answers will be there. You saved me $240.00 for the 1st hour and $160.00 for anything over that Techserve was going to charge me to come and set it up. I can't thank you enough. Everyone tells me not to waste money, but to save for a new ibook with System X, but I love my old clamshell and I'm going to get it a bigger hard drive so it can be upgraded to run OS X. It's the old 4 Gb one. I can't thank you enough for your solution! Now I can work on the laptop in my bedroom! I love Mac stuff and I knew the Extreme base station would work, regardless of what all the posters have been saying.
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No internet access in public unsecured WLAN environment with Airport card

Dear community
I do face the following problem:
I am not able to open any internet pages in a particular unsecured public WLAN Hot Spot, although my iBook (over an Airport Card) has been successfully assigned a TCP / IP address. Other public Hot Spots work fine, but not this one.
With my Windows Pocket PC there exists no problem. After starting my browser, I immediately get redirected to the login screen.
This does not work with my iBook. There is no automatic redirect. Then I tried to directly address the router TCP / IP address. This worked and the login screen appeared. But then, after clicking the login button, an error appeared: "Can't read cookie" - but cookies are enabled (no success with Safari, Firefox and Opera).
The router is a D-Link.
Another guest with an iBook had no problems, we compared setups - the only difference which we found was, that he was using a new Airport Extreme card, I do only have an old Airport card.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you very much
Gary
iBook G3 Mac OS X (10.4.5) Airport Card

Dear Ronda
Thank you. Seems not that this is the problem.
Found that in the Airport Forum - others do face the same problems - no solution yet:
D-Link Wireless Access point. PC works great..Mac is SLOW on internet.
Posted: Apr 5, 2006 8:16 PM Reply Email
This has really got me frustrated. I own a hotel and am working to get it set up with a wireless internet connection. I've got a qwest dsl modem going into a D-Link router, and then today added another D-Link access point (actually, the computer tech added the new access point). I needed this additional access point because there were too many dead spots in the hotel with only one D-link.
The new D-link seems to be working perfectly, for PC users that is. People using a PC laptop can connect to the wireless network and browse the internet at fast speeds. However with my G4 1.33gh Powerbook with Airport Extreme is having problems. I get a very strong airport signal, but internet browsing is crawling along. Some pages work for minutes to load, and some won't load at all.
The settings for the wireless connection is the same on my mac as they are on the PC. Is there something else I need to change?
Thanks for any help,
lw
G4 Powerbook 1.33 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Is Wi Fi speed limited by old iMac and old Airport Express?

I got my sister an Apple TV for Christmas. Download times for movies or TV rentals is really slow.
She has Time Warner Road Runner Cable modem at their standard speed (not upgraded to "Turbo". My question is whether a new Airport Express or Extreme running at 802.11n would either speed up downloads or transfers from her newer MacBook to the Apple TV.
I guess my question is whether the desktop - an old Power PC and it's old Airport Card hinder the performance of either the rental or purchase downloads or connectivity between her MacBook, Apple TV & iPad. When I visit, I also get a pretty weak signal from the den in the back of the house to the family room up front. Could the "n" upgrade improve on any of these limitations? Not sure if the slow main computer is part of the problem.
Sorry I don't have more details on the internet speed or specifics on the system.

I guess my question is whether the desktop - an old Power PC and it's old Airport Card hinder the performance of either the rental or purchase downloads or connectivity between her MacBook, Apple TV & iPad.
Yes, the do. When you have non-"n" wireless clients on an "n" network, there will be bandwidth performance degradation anytime those non-"n" clients are active on the network. Typically, "n" clients only get around 70% of maximum bandwidth when non-"n" clients (computers, printers, Internet-ready TVs, or routers) are connected.
When I visit, I also get a pretty weak signal from the den in the back of the house to the family room up front. Could the "n" upgrade improve on any of these limitations?
Possibly. The newer "n" AirPorts do provide better range than the older models. Regardless, this will would only have minimum improvement over download speed. It should; however, improve streaming speed between the MacBook/iPad and the Apple TV.

Mac Pro airport card boot issues

I've taken an old airport card from a Mac Mini, and installed it in an Early 2009 Mac Pro.
The unit should be fully compatible, but when I boot, it just hangs at the 50% mark on the startup screen.
If I remove the card, the machine boots just fine.
Is there a firmware update I need to make to the system, to tell it about the new wireless card?

What makes yo think it is compatible? It seems not to be.
Also these do not list a Mini card being compatible with a Mac Pro desktop card
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/AR5BXB112/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/6615048K/

Orig. Airport card loses IP, maintains connection to Linksys network

I'm posting here because I don't see a listing for plain old Airport cards. If there's a better spot in the forums for this, please let me know where it ought to go.
The setup:
Dual 867 Power Mac G4 (MDD) with old-school Airport card (both purchased back in 2002), running 10.4.10, and connecting to a Linksys wireless network (WRT54G wireless G-router, with a WRE54G wireless-G range expander). For the most part, this has worked out very well for the past several months.
The problem:
The IP address seems to drop out randomly, but not the wireless connection itself. I'll lose internet access, but have a full four bars on the Airport signal indicator. Pinging either the router or the extender fails. Shutting off Airport via the menu bar and then turning it back on will bring back the IP.
The bigger problem:
This used to happen once in a while, now once or twice a week, but switching the Airport off and then on brought it back. Now it's happening every five to ten minutes, starting this evening. It does it with both static and dynamic IP addresses; the static IP remains in the System Preferences window, the dynamic one actually vanishes until I restart the Airport card.
I ran into wireless problems yesterday where the SSID and the network just up and vanished. I'd previously attributed this to environmental considerations since it had happened a few times before and normally fixed itself within 30 minutes to a few hours. After it failed to come back by this morning I upgraded the firmware on both the router and extender to the latest versions available from Linksys. All was right with the world for several hours.
Until the problem with the IP dropping while the wireless connection remains returned. Then it got worse. Now it drops on a far more frequent basis than before. This only happens on my desktop Mac. I'm on my Windows XP machine (same room, same wireless network, using a Linksys USB wireless adapter). The Windows machine is fine; it does not lose IP address when the Mac does. Since I have a full connection and the Windows machine doesn't seem bothered at all, I'm guessing it's something to do with the Airport card in the Mac.
Apple's software update tells me there's no new software available for my machine, which leaves me with no idea what's causing this or how to fix it.
Any advice, solutions, or tips are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Some of this might be review for you...
An IP address is how the data finds you on your respective network, like the street address on your house. When you boot up your computer and connect to your network your computer is connecting with either a static or dynamic IP address. Static means every time you boot up, your machine is using the same one you've assigned to it. Dynamic means that each time you boot up your machine gets whatever one is next in line.
Odds are if you've never set this, you're using a dynamic address which means you're using DHCP. To check, go to your System Preferences -> Network Preferences -> and double click on the Airport connection. You'll see a few different options, so click on TCP/IP. That will show you if you've got a static IP address ("Manually" appears on the pull-down menu) or a dynamic one (DHCP).
Unless you have to forward ports or are looking for volumes on your network using a static IP, DHCP for a dynamic IP is fine.
The "new" Airport card wasn't a 100% fix. My IP address does seem to mean nothing every once in a while. I sometimes have to switch the Airport off and then turn it back on. Since toward the end, my old Airport card stopped seeing the wireless network entirely, even when my XP box saw it clearly, replacing the card was still a good idea for me.
Good luck!

Airport Card for G3 to use on current Airport Express Network

I have a G4 PowerBook, a gray G4, and most recently a hand-me-down blue (green?) G3. I have an Airport Express that the two G4s use for wireless internet. I'd like to add an airport extreme OR old airport card to the G3 to include it in our home network wirelessly as well. Can this be done? What, exactly, do I need?

Hello Owen,
Yes, but the Antenna is built-in. Alternative if it doesn't have an Airport card right now...
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It's possible to run as high as 10.5.8 on it.
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
    * Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
    * 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs)
    * DVD drive for installation
    * 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)

"No AirPort Card Installed" error message

Please help--
I have a PowerBook G4 12", recently refurbished, running Mac OX X 10.5.8, 1.33 GHz, PowerPC G3, 1.25 GB memory.
It works great. But this evening, my daughter dropped it onto a hardwood floor. At first, I thought everything was fine.
But now, I get a message, "No AirPort Card Installed" message when I try to turn AirPort on.
I'm typing on it now, so I'm able to go online using an ethernet cable, but I need AirPort connectivity.
I've been religious about backing up on Time Capsule. Would it help to go into my Time Capsule to bring back an old AirPort setting? Should I remove, then reinstall the old AirPort card? Or will I have to buy a new AirPort card? And do they still sell those for Macs this old?
Any info you have would be helpful, thanks.

Yes, you should remove and reseat the Airport Extreme card. It may just have been jostled in its slot and not be making good contact now.

Just added an airport card 8 years later.

I bought a used airport card for my Graphite G4 since I am no longer living in an apartment and truly needed a wireless network. I use Airport Express as my wireless source and my laptop (17" Macbook 4-5 years old) and iphone both connect with no problem. Now that I am trying to connect the G4 I can not. The card is recognized but the light on screen is yellow and the message is that it can not connect. I click on the radar icon and my network will not show up and when I try to type in the name it does not find it. Do I need to reset something in the airport express or is my problem with the G4?

Check the following:
* the software version of the Airport card in the G4;
* the type of encryption you're using on the Airport Express;
* the type of network you set up on Airport Express.
The old Airport card only connects at 11Mbps (802.11b). If the network was not set to be compatible with 802.11b (i.e. the "Radio Mode" is set to 802.11g only in the AirPort Utility), the Airport card in the G4 won't be able to connect. And as already mentioned, if you're using WPA you need to make sure the Airport software on the G4 is up to date because older versions didn't support WPA encryption.

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