Success in connecting G3 to N

Question

I just got the Extreme, & like a true Mac guy, just stuck the cd into the computer, installed the programs, hooked up the product, & figured it would probably work. Used Airport Utility to set up maximum protection. My G4 tower, my son's really early version G5 iMac, and my wife's G4 PowerBook all connected to the wireless network with no problem at all. But my leftover 10 gig G3 iBook, which probably has a version minus airport card, wouldn't connect. I kept getting an error message telling me that my password was incorrect, which it wasn't.
Now, my G3 runs 10.3, while my others run 10.4. So what I did was disengage all the password/security stuff using the Airport Utility program. No WEP, no WAP, complete bare. I shut down all my other computers in case someone was cruising around searching for passwords & such.
At that point, my G3 easily joined the network. I then downloaded all the software updates that were available, installed them, basically upgrading my 10.3.5 software on the G3 to 10.3.9.
Restarted all my computers, reset the maximum password/security protection, & lo & behold, the G3 password was accepted by the Extreme, & now all my computers are linked to the network.
I'm posting this just as a suggestion to people having problems connecting to the Extreme that they need to make sure that their OS is updated as far as it can be taken. A G3 with a stoneage airport card running 10.3.9 WILL connect even using passwords.
For the record, my download rates seem to be a little faster than before. But what I was really looking for was to extend the range of my wireless network. My attemps to use Express, & Dr. Bott extendAir antenna, with my old flying saucer Airport totally bombed. But the Extreme has given me the extra range I wanted.
In the short time I've been using Extreme, it seems to me that it is the least buggy of any of the Airports I've had in the past. The saucers - my own & those of my friends - would go on the fritz now & then. And the Expresses were unpredictable - sometimes they'd work, other times they wouldn't. But so far, the Extreme is just chugging along nicely.
iBook G3 10 gig   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Answer 1

dangswang wrote:
I'm trying to get my iMac G3 to communicate with the router in my new shared house, but keep running up blind alleys. The iMac has been upgraded to 10.4. Trouble is, I don't really understand enough about how the internet connection works. The router is Netgear wireless, but initially I'm just trying to connect to it with a wire.
Are you using the thick ether net cables? They are thicker than a phone line.
At first the message was that my modem didn't support V.92,
This means you were trying to use the telephone connector. Wrong move.
so I bought a Speedtouch 330 USB modem and managed to install it.
Why did you make this conclusion? These connect direcly to the telephone line but you already have a netgear router.
Now it says it can't negotiate with the router and to check my settings. I have a WAP security number but don't know what to do with it! Maybe it's a hopeless cause, but I'm still up for persevering! Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?
Please describe your current set up.
See:
Is this your computer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imac_g3
Please list the exact name & model number of you router.
Start by using an ethernet cable to connect to the router. Most routers have cable ports.
Get the most knowledgeable person in your household to cable your computer to the router. The cabling is all the same.
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the ethernet link is all the way to the right. It has <-> over the port.
Configure. You might want to define a new location.
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