Old iBook with airport card

Hi,
I have a little problem and am an absolute novice in this field. I have a network set up at home with a Netgear router and 3 x G3/300 happily
connected via wire.
My son got himself an old iBook (in very good knick...) and the thing is equipped with an airport card.
Can I connect the iBook to the Netgear router (the router has also wireless capabilities).
I have tried, but to no avail. The green pins in the control strip are all green,
and if I open the airport, the signal is very strong (but the status says "not available'.
Also, when I open the router settings on my G3, my router detects the wireless iBook, but still I cannot get on the web from the iBook.
oh... most importantly, the iBook is running os 9.2.2, and the other machines on the network are in mixed configuration (OS 9/X).
Any suggestions??

try removing, then replacing the airport card in your comp
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58535

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