Q: AirPort Connection Timeout - Tried everything!
This laptop (PowerBook G4 Ti 867MHz) cannot connect to the internet. It worked before we bought ourselves a new router.
It is NOT the router because a similar laptop (PowerBook G4 Al 1.5/1.67) connects flawlessly.
The Ti laptops are known to have poor AirPort reception becuase of their bodies, but even when the laptop is sitting at the desk with the router, it still cannot connect.
Tried the following:
Connecting via Ethernet - connected fine, still no AP
Trashing plist files: com.apple.internetconfig.plist, com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist, com.apple.internetconnect.plist - no success
Reset PRAM, held down keys till third chime - no success
Pushed internal reset button
New location - no success
Trashing com.apple.alf.plist - no success
Trashed AirPort passwords in keychain - no success
Deleted preferred AP networks - no success
Router is a Netgear N600.
Verizon DSL service is being used.
Is it the AP card? (Took a 550MHz TiBook apart before, AP card was directly underneath the bottom cover. Same case for 867MHz?)
(Would rather not) Is it easier to buy a USB dongle? Will the included software bypass the AP card?
Can I plug a wireless PC-card into the slot? Will it work? (The PC-card is also Netgear)
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G4 Titanium, 867MHz, 1 GB RAM
Posted on Oct 4, 2012 4:00 PM