Connecting via airport to WPA Network

a) There is no "new" AirPort Extreme card for your Power Mac G5. It is only compatible with the card you are using.

b) If your Power Mac G5 is running OS 10.3 or beyond, it should have NO problem connecting to a WPA or WPA2 protected network. That is exactly what the article you reference states.

I am having a similar problem. I have a relatively new - five months - iMac running OS X 10.5.5 and am trying to connect through the Airport Extreme Card to a Linksys Wireless Router set up for a secure network requiring a WPA password. When I choose the Linksys Network in System Profiler Network and place the WPA password into the dialog box, it immediately says "Connection Failed." The network is working as my Sony Vaio is running the Internet wirelessly off this network just fine, simaltaneously.

Help!

Peter

I don't know if this is the problem, but when I switched from DSL to cable modem, I could not connect, and though Apple and Time Warner were clueless, a user in this forum helped me. Try deleting the preference files on the computer that will not connect. Here are the notes:
If you get the 169.... IP, then try deleting the network preferences file - /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.network.plist or com.apple.airport.plist (or both.) Then reconfigure Network preferences.
And for OS 10.5:
On 10.5.4, the pref files were named in a different manner, I deleted the following files from the following folder (after backing them up!!!):
Files:'com.apple.network.identification.plist','NetworkInterfaces.plist','com.ap ple.airport.preferences.plist'
Folder: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/
hope it helps!
Shelley

I have exactly the same issue. I have three notebooks at home: A T61 Lenovo, an older Sharp Actius and my brand new MacBook. Only the MacBook is unable to connect to the Wireless WPA network... When I enter the password (which is obviously correct) it tells me that it is wrong.
I have all the updates and this is driving me crazy...
Any help... PLEASE?

The Wireless card probably only have A or B network card as G are and up are the only one that support WPA. u can get around this by using a less secure encryption method such as WEP. or by upgrade card (cannot be done in every case)

The Wireless card probably only have A or B network card as G are and up are the only one that support WPA.

That is not true. The original 802.11b AirPort card can connect to a WPA protected network IF the Mac is running OS 10.3 or better.

...or by upgrade card (cannot be done in every case)

Every Mac that has a slot for a wireless card is ONLY compatible with one type of card.

• NONE of the Macs compatible with the original 802.11b AirPort card can be upgraded to the 802.11b/g AirPort Extreme card.
• NONE of the Macs compatible with the 802.11b/g AirPort Extreme card can be upgraded to 802.11n wireless.

there are some mac Older one with Pc card slot(PCMCIA)(not internal) and desktop can be upgraded.

and that B that can connect to a WPA must not be a prue B cause that not the 802.11B Wirless standards don't support WPA keys. It may have contain 802.11G Draft.

there are some mac Older one with Pc card slot(PCMCIA)(not internal) and desktop can be upgraded.

The PCMCIA cards were not built by Apple nor considered part of the Apple wireless solution on the PowerBooks so I didn't mention those. Of course you can put any compatible card in the slot to give the PowerBook additional capability.

and that B that can connect to a WPA must not be a prue B cause that not the 802.11B Wirless standards don't support WPA keys.

Perhaps you should do more research, checkout Apple's " AirPort Card: When You Can Join a WPA Network".

That does not say and thing about you can use it with B network Card. that simply states you can one 10.3 or later and i imagine those include a G.


B can't Join WPA network due to the nature of the Hardware.

Also if nothing else you could get a USB wireless adapter. This would probably be your best bet. Unless your willing to downgrade your key to a WEP.

The reference to "AirPort card" is the original 802.11b AirPort card.

The reference to "AirPort Extreme card" is the 802.11b/g AirPort card.

Not to mention the iBook G3 466 MHz I have that connects to my WPA protected network. This iBook has the original 802.11b AirPort card installed.

Ok, Mac did something diffrent then (i was use linux back then)

but anyway make sure mac address filter is turned off. also what os version are you using?

Edit: I just thought of something, how strong is the signal getting to the Mac Desktop? Even if your laptop work down there the desktop may not get as good of a signal. also does it even prompt you for the WPA Key?

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I have a PB 800mhz G4 with an "AirPort" card (so, original?). I have OSX 10.4.11. I can't connect to my WPA network (it needs to be WPA so my AirPort Express can connect to my Linksys). The firmware on the AirPort card is 9.52. Given that I can't connect, either the postings (here and other places) that say I am out of luck are correct, or there is something that I am missing. I would prefer the latter. Any help? (My iMac, iPhone, and Airport Express are all quite happy with the network, and my PB can connect with wired ethernet just fine). According to that Apple page ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2594?viewlocale=en_US ) I should be able to connect but it says I need "AirPort software version 3.3 or later for the AirPort Card" and I don't know what that is referring to (the card's firmware? AirPort Setup Assistant? AirPort Admin Utility? something else?). Software update doesn't list anything new for AirPort, and search on my PB doesn't show anything called "AirPort Software".