G4 PPC and wireless

My late 2006 iMac same problem: upgrade to leopard went fine. airport worked until I ran the software updater. Now the airport card is not even seen?

saw the same problem posted in discussions under "airport" > airport express

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1200101&tstart=0

Even if you have installed the latest Keychain update, you may be facing this issue.

Some users have determined that an artifact left over from Mac OS X 10.4.x interferes with wireless connections after Mac OS X 10.5 is installed. As explained in this thread, the issue can be dealt with by finding and removing the AppleAirPort2.kext file from your Extensions folder, located here:

Macintosh HD:System:Library:Extensions

It's a simple fix, but one that you would never find on your own. And, it's pathetic that the installation or migrations scripts fail to remove this troublesome component.

Great!


You solved my problem too!!

just dragged that file to the trash and Airport Card is seen again!

Thanks! Fixed my problem on my G5. As soon as I pulled the file out of the system and into the trash, the Airport card came to life.

That's terrific! Thank you very much for finding this. How in the world did you know?

Just lucky, I guess.

The pertinent question is why didn't Apple know this in advance, or announce a fix that should have easily been discovered by their support engineers. Of course, it's also reasonable to ask why this apparent installation script oversight wasn't caught earlier by their software quality control operation…

Please spread the word to users who are affected specifically by this issue, where—immediately after the installation of Leopard—they discover that an AirPort card is no longer installed. This simple fix doesn't address every Leopard wireless issue by any means, but it does fix that one!

Also with me, worked like magic. I was so frustrated yesterday when it was there one minute then gone.

You're a genius.

Randy R

Your solution did the trick for me as well. Pfew! Pierre

I dont have appleairport2.kext in my extensions folder. I also did a fresh install (not upgrade) so i dont have the private services folder to delete either....I cant get wireless access! My powerbook wont detect my airport card at all! I also ran the updates and they didnt help.....can anyone think of another solution???

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Thx

Huge thank you, it sorted out my Intel iMac!

Kudos to the peeps who came up with this solution!

But it is unacceptable for an Apple update to cause this misery..

With reservations, i will try & download this update again