Airport Card Not Recognized after Leopard Install

Raul:

I don't yet have a solution for you... but am in the same boat. G4 1Ghz iMac... after installing 10.5, it no longer recognizes that I have an airport card installed. Hey, this is fun! I wonder what an old 10.3 or 10.4 OS will run me on eBay...

parrots

If you open up a terminal window and type "kextstat | grep AirPort", do you see any output?

try to install the latest SW update!
this got my Airport back working!

Jens

Pete:
I followed your suggestion and got nothing back on the next command line. I took the iMac apart, took out the Airport card and reinstalled hoping that it was just a pretty-unbelievable-coincidence that it would fail. The Airport card does not show up in the system profiler.

Jens - just how do you suppose I access the latest SW update?

Thanks,
parrots

I am in the same boat. Right after the Leopard upgrade (upgrading a completely up-to-date 10.4 system) it installed Login & Keychain Updater 1.0. That required a reboot, then "No AirPort card installed" after that.

:-/

Message was edited by: wclark

Interesting update...

After reading several other threads of semi-related topics, I decided that there's no harm in reinstalling the software. After placing in the disk and restarting you get the WELCOME splash screen. On the menu bar, you can choose to view the System Profiler prior to installation. My Airport Card did how up here - telling me that it's not a hardware issue. I'm in the process of re-installing 10.5 - which will take 1-2 hours to complete. I'll let you know how it works out.

parrots

Can you guys having problems check if the AppleAirPort2.kext is still present in your /System/Library/Extensions folder? It is an older Tiger-only AirPort driver that is no longer used on Leopard. You can simply delete it, or move it aside by changing the extension to something besides .kext. See if that fixes your problem.

Yep, same boat here. Airport running fine as usual after initial installation of Leopard, then 'no airport card installed' immediately after Login & Keychain Update 1.0 install and reboot..

Hi Pete,

I did as you suggested (renamed the directory), rebooted, and now the airport is detected.

Nice Call! All the best!
billc

Worked for me as well. Great help, thanks

i am having the same problem...I will try the fix and let you guys know...Looks like alot of leopard useres have the same problems

wclark, your signature says you're using an Intel iMac. This solution would have only worked on PowerPC. Were you having this problem on PPC or Intel?

ok it worked...what did you guys rename it....i moved it to the trash. I have not dumped it yet...would deleting be a bad idea?

Hi Airport-Guy,

I confirm that I have an Intel system.

regards,
billc

Deleting it is fine. It's not used anymore with 10.5.