How can I tell if my Airport card is "bad"?

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Dan1935 Author

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How can I tell if my Airport card is "bad"?

I can't connect my G5 to my wireless network. I had a geeksquad guy check it out and he said I had a bad airport card. The G5 can recognize the base station via an ethernet cable but can't recognize my network or any others. The card is less than 2 years old.

Is there a hardware code or some other way I can tell the card is bad??

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Posted on Aug 3, 2007 9:44 PM

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Tesserax

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Aug 3, 2007 11:24 PM in response to Dan1935

Hello Dan1935. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

First, verify that your G5 "recognizes" the AirPort Extreme Card, by using System Profiler and note that the card shows up as the Wireless Card Type under AirPort Card. If it does not, then something may be wrong with either the card or the socket on the system board.

If it does, try resetting the PRAM.

If that doesn't work, try resetting the open firmware.
o Start up into Open Firmware by pressing and holding the Command-Option-O-F key combination during startup.
o At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-nvram, and then, press Return.
o At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-all, and then, press Return.

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Dan1935 Author

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Aug 4, 2007 9:17 AM in response to Tesserax

Thanks for the info. When I look in system profile it does recognize the card - the IPv4 address is a very long strange looking code. (fe80:0000:0000:0000:0216:cbff:fe08:4f33) I tried the things you mentioned but to no avail- still not working correctly. Should I just buy a new card and see what happens?

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Tesserax

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Aug 4, 2007 10:12 AM in response to Dan1935

That address looks like an IPv6 address. I suggest disabling the IPv6 address support from the AirPort configuration first to see if this solves the problem. If not, and if practical, take the card to your local Apple Retailer to have them check it out.

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Dan1935 Author

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Aug 7, 2007 8:46 PM in response to Tesserax

I purchased a new card and it did fix everything- thanks for the help!

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Tesserax

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Aug 7, 2007 10:10 PM in response to Dan1935

You're very welcome! I'm glad you got it worked out...

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