TiPB 500Mhz and Sonnet Aria Extreme

Help!! I have a TiPB without an AirPort card. I picked up a Sonnet Aria Extreme card from We Love Macs (WLM). Right now, I am actually trying to get the second one to work. The first was exchanged because the Sonnet tech person determined it was faulty after directing me to throw away some extensions, uncheck some items in a Internet Connect dropdown, and restart. I haven't been about to get either one to connect to my AirPort Extreme Base Station. I am running 10.3.9 and have AirPort 4.2 installed. The card shows up in my menu bar, but isn't identified as Sonnet; it is just powered "on". AirPort is on. The power light on my card will turn on, then go off. When I click on the AirPort icon, it turns on, then goes off after a few seconds. There are no networks listed in the AirPort menu. On my iMac desktop, I have my network and several networks from my neighborhood listed. The link light will come on and flash briefly when I click on "Create a Computer-to-Computer Network". I am very frustrated right now (this has been going on for over a month with the ordering and exchanges, etc.) I even configured an identical PB (my "work" computer) to match my personal PB. Both behave the same way with the Aria card installed. Sonnet wants to believe that both cards couldn't be bad. It seems strange, but I think I've gotten 2 bad cards. Do you think WLM has a batch of bad cards? Should I scrap this plan, return the Sonnet, and just by an AirPort card?

Hi, macbailey68, and welcome to Apple Discussions. My own experience with Sonnet Aria Extreme cards in Tibooks is that they Just Work — no fussing or finagling or discarding of files required. This is based on using my daughter's Aria Extreme card both in her 867MHz Tibook, which doesn't have an Airport card, and in my 1GHz Tibook, which does, as well as recommending the same card to a couple of friends with Tibooks who found it extremely simple to set up and start using.
If you've had two cards that even Sonnet's own tech people can't get to work, I have to believe both are faulty, unlikely as that sounds. But networking isn't my personal strength, and I don't use an Airport base station, so just to make sure there isn't some little trick we're all overlooking, I recommend that you repost your question in the Airport Extreme forum and let the real gurus over there tell you exactly how your base station and network settings should be configured. The Sonnet card should work exactly the same as an Airport Extreme card, since it contains the same Broadcom chipset, and it requires no extra software. Good luck!

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Glyn - you're a genius. Thanks a bunch, I've been trying to figure that out for days! There is life in the ol' Titanium yet.
Cheers again
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Sonnett Aria not seeing Airport in Lombard G3

Friends,
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If you placed it into the PC-card slot, I don't believe it is supported by Apple in that configuration. Third-party cards, such as Orinoco or Lucent cards ARE supported in OS 9, and can be supported in Mac OS X with an Open_Software driver.
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Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the response. I tried that approach this evening and it didn't work for me. (Technically it worked for me, when I was hardwired into my base station, but would not work for me wirelessly, which is my main issue.)
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Sota Boy wrote:
I installed Snow Leopard but my Epson WorkForce 500 printer is not compatible. I saw an article about loading Rosetta and this would solve the problem. I can't find the article and I have never used Rosetta.
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I think he means to set up the main extreme as the main router or "main base station", and then use the express to "extend" the network.
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http://support.apple.com/manuals/
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I have a Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G wireless router and 2 Airport Extremes (the small ones that plug directly into the wall). Is it possible to extend the network from the router using these two AEs? I have a DVD player and Ext HD plugged into the router too..

I have a Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G wireless router and 2 Airport Extremes (the small ones that plug directly into the wall). Is it possible to extend the network from the router using these two AEs? I have a DVD player and Ext HD plugged into the router too. Any ideas? I'm guessing the only way is to do what I've seen in these community pages which states that it can be done but it will drop the bandwidth by 50%. Thoughts?? Thanks!

The Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G was one of the very few routers said to be compatible with Apple's implementation of WDS (Wireless Distribution System) settings.
The info that I have on file indicates that only the WRT-54G versions 4 and under were compatible, so that would be one bridge to cross.
Even if you find that your Cisco/Linksys might be the right version, Apple never published instructions on how to configure the Express devices with other manufactures, so users were left to their own devices to try to figure out how to get things working. Apple's instructions to connect to other Apple devices are in the link below:
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If you were hoping to use 2 Express devices in this type of configuration...even if it works...the bandwidth penalties will be extremely severe.
The first Express drops the bandwidth (and speed) on the entire network in half and the second halves everything again. So, the result, in effect would be a "g" wireless network running at 25% speed. Few users would consider installing this type of network.
At this point, it becomes one of those things where the fact that you might be able to do something does not mean that there would be much value in doing so. But, it is your decision to decide if you want to try to proceed.

How many wireless devices can connect to an Express which is wired and extending an Extreme network?

How many wireless devices can connect to an Express which is wired and extending an Extreme network?

That is great news I have A1392s. One more question...
If I have an Airport Extreme setup as a router and feeding internet from a modem/ I wire an express (A1392) and "create a wireless network" the airport utility puts the express into bridge mode automatically.
How many wireless clients can I connect simultaneously to the express?
How many wireless clients can I connect simultaneously to the extreme assuming I am using all 50 at the express?
In other words, Could I have 50 wireless clients connected to each device simultaneously giving me a total of 100 wireless clients?
Thans

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