Wireless help

I've just found out that i need an origional airport
card for my powerbook G4 titanium which are pretty
lame compared to the airport extreme cards. Is there
a way to make my powerbook compatible with the
airport extreme?
The only option if you have an old PB to upgrade to 802.11g is to purchase an PCMCIA 802.11g card. Or you could use a 802.11g wireless bridge like the Linksys WET54G (but this is not very portable, but can be a solution for an old iMac).
You want a third party WLAN Cardbus cards based on the same Broadcomm chipset that Apple used in the Airport Extreme which will work in a Mac running OS X 10.2.6 or later and Airport 3.1 or later.
Companies using the Broadcomm chipset include: Linksys, Buffalo Technology, Belkin.
There is also the option of using other cards using the Orangeware software.
http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html
iFelix

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Hi- Cliff here.
I have the exact same printer. After I installed the software from the CD that came with the printer, I used the Wireless setup tab to configure my connection. You need to know about your network. Things like WEP, and most importantly- select the shared key if you use a 64 bit or 128 bit encryption. Mine would not work until I fixed the setup on the printer side of the wireless configuration. Type in your key (or passphrase) that's the same one you'd use on your laptop or desktop that is on the wireless network. Unless you have to- leave the settings to automatic on discovery of the IP address and DNS servers. You usually don't have to mess around with those on a home network. Make sure the printer is connected to the computer that you've installed the HP software on- with the USB cable when you start this process so the software can communicate with the printer. I used the "wizard" and after about 6 or 8 steps, I was able to remove the USB cable and put the printer downstairs. Then I simply used the Windows Vista "Add Device" for a printer on my network and Wahoo!!
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We will get it working.... Together....you are not alone in this.
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thanks for reading this thread.
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Could it be interference?
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...and don't have a microwave or cordless phone on while I'm wireless.
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moon_goddess,
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