Airport Extreme card not picking up wireless

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Airport Extreme card not picking up wireless

Hey guys. My Airport Extreme card stopped picking up my wireless all of a sudden. I didnt do any major changes - except move my computer into a new room (and it worked in the exact spot for a few days before quitting).

I have a wireless PC and it is picking up signals from three SSIDs whereas the Apple Extreme card is not picking up any.

Any possibilities why this card would just stop picking up the SSIDs and not logging in?

G5 1.8GhZ, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Aug 14, 2007 6:51 AM

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Duane

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Aug 14, 2007 7:02 AM in response to Jeremy Bassetti

Is the card still being recognized by the G5? Does the AirPort menu still appear?

If so, then something has happened so that the card is no longer detecting/receiving RF signals. Here are the possibilities:

The RF section of the card has failed.

The antenna has broken or become disconnected.
Is this a Power Mac G5 and does it have the external antenna on the back? If so, have you verified that the external antenna is still connected?
Verify the antenna wire connection to the card using the photos in KB 108039, Properly attaching the antenna on an AirPort Extreme Card.

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