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CarreraHenk

Q: Old Airport card (b protocol) will not connect to Airport Express

Hi,

I have an one year old Intel IMac running OS/X 10.5.7 and recently bought the Airport express. Setup went smooth and fast and within 10 minutes it was working. I did all the software and firmware updates.

Then I connected my wife's Windows laptop, network was detected and the password was accepted immediately so I got that connected as well.

Last, but apparently not least, I tried to connect my G3 iBook running OSX 10.2.8 with an Airport card (not the extreme but the predecessor) so I could use that one in the garden but it will not connect.

When I open the airport icon on the top of the screen then I see the network. If I select it and try to connect I have to enter a password. After a few seconds I get a message that "There was an error joining the selected Airport network".

When I use the Airport Setup assistant to establish the connection if tells me that "the password you entered was incorrect".

I was told that the Airport Express station is able to use a 801.11b protocol since that is what the old card uses.

I checked the password, I used textedit to type it first and the 'cut and paste' but nothing seems to work.

Long story but I hope I gave enough information for someone to resolve this problem for me. I cannot reply immediately to all replies but I will read them all.

Thank you,

Henk

iBook G3 900 mHz 14.1 inch, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 15, 2009 8:37 AM

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  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jul 15, 2009 9:56 AM in response to CarreraHenk
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    Jul 15, 2009 9:56 AM in response to CarreraHenk
    Hello CarreraHenk. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

    When I open the airport icon on the top of the screen then I see the network. If I select it and try to connect I have to enter a password. After a few seconds I get a message that "There was an error joining the selected Airport network".


    Which wireless encryption standard are you using on your new 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station's (AXn) wireless network ... WEP, WPA or WPA2?

    For WPA, the minimum requirements are the AirPort Card & OS X 10.3.n. The AirPort Card will not support WPA2.
  • by CarreraHenk,

    CarreraHenk CarreraHenk Jul 16, 2009 5:57 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Jul 16, 2009 5:57 AM in response to Tesserax
    HI Tesserax,

    Thank you for your fast answer.

    The Airport Express is set to WPA/WPA2 mode, I think it was the default setting.

    So if I upgrade to 10.3 I should be able to get things working? The iBook is a 900mhz G3 with 256Mb memory so I guess that a 10.3 upgrade will install without problems.

    Since my ethernet connector is broken I cannot get on the internet so I need the connection to be in working order before I can do a major software update.

    Greetings,

    Henk
  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jul 16, 2009 6:01 PM in response to CarreraHenk
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    Jul 16, 2009 6:01 PM in response to CarreraHenk
    So if I upgrade to 10.3 I should be able to get things working?


    Yes.

    The iBook is a 900mhz G3 with 256Mb memory so I guess that a 10.3 upgrade will install without problems.


    Your 900 MHz iBook is theoretically capable of be upgraded up to OS X Tiger 10.4.11. It is also capable of having it memory upgraded to a total of 640 MB using a PC-100 3.3v 144-pin SO-DIMM memory module.
  • by CarreraHenk,

    CarreraHenk CarreraHenk Aug 13, 2009 9:29 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Aug 13, 2009 9:29 AM in response to Tesserax
    Soory for the late feedback but I installed a 10.3 OS/X and everything is going fine. Thank you very much for your help!

    Message was edited by: CarreraHenk