Trouble connecting to a Belkin Router

I have a Powerbook G4 and I am trying to connect to my existing Belkin router. It sees my network but when I try to join it is says "There was an error joining the Airport network "Belkin"." I have a windows laptop that is connected to the network already.

See KB 106250, Mac OS X, AirPort: Connecting to Third-Party Base Stations.

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    Hi Everyone,
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    Hi Everyone,
    I am a brand new Mac user (as of yesterday) and am
    trying to set the thing up. Never used a Mac before
    so I am not sure if it is me being a MacVirgin or
    not.
    I have an older Belkin router (which incidently
    connects to everything under the sun, D-LINK, Belkin,
    Sony PSP, my 360 everything). My Mac Book can see my
    network which is an unsecured Belkin54g. When I try
    to connect however, I get a useless error back
    saying:
    There was an error joining the airport network
    "belkin54g".
    As I have said before, everything else can connect to
    this network and it is unsecured at present.
    The router I am using is the Belkin FSD7630-4A which
    is currently running at 11g (slow I know). I also
    have not done any firmware updates to this either.
    Would this help?
    I am also using the latest airport update and
    OSX10.4.9
    Does anyone know of any solution to this issue. Has
    anyone experienced anything similar.
    Thank you.
    -Unhappy MacNoob
    Mac Book Core Duo 2Ghz
      Mac OS X (10.4.9)  
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    Bingo
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    I suppose they gotta keep selling us kit...2 years old and still working? No good to wall street.....

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    Message was edited by: jacquienicole11

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  • Brand new Macbook not connecting to Belkin Router!

    Hi, I am at my wits end here seriously. I've read countless posts from everywhere on people having trouble with the Macbook and it not connecting to their router.
    My situation: I bought my Macbook 5 days ago, brand new. So whatever the latest versions of everything is, however it is still running Tiger, but I am waiting on Leopard in the mail.
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    Message was edited by: Host

    Would the problem be that my router is 'g' and 'b' based? I notice that the new Macbooks airport are 'n" based. But even so, I'm sure the cafe I went to wasn't 'n'. If I have to buy a new router I will, but would rather not if I can get this router to work.

  • I am having trouble connecting to my network all of a sudden. It is not an issue with the service/router. I keep getting kicked off and getting a ! in my airport... anyone know what's up with this?

    I am having trouble connecting to my network all of a sudden. I am able to connect to other networks but not my own. It is not an issue with the service/router because other devices connect fine. I keep getting kicked off and getting a ! in my airport. Last time it happended I called apple and the suggested I wipe my HD and reinstall everything. I did and it did not work. One day I turned my laptop on and it connected no problem. Now it has kicked me off again. I tried resetting my IP address but that does not work either! Has anyone had this problem?

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