How do I get Airport to work with Mac and Windows on same computer

If you are using Parallels or VMware to run Windows on your iMac, you may want to check with the appropriate forum provided by the manufacturers of these products as your AirPort (on the iMac) and the AirPort Express appear to be working properly under OS X.

wce11254 wrote:
I have installed the software on the Windows side..

What software?

You don't need to install software in order to connect Windows to a wireless network?

iFelix

iFelix wrote:
You don't need to install software in order to connect Windows to a wireless network?

I would expect to have to install Apple's Windows drivers to get WiFi working from Windows on a Mac, but since the original poster didn't identify what software he meant, it's hard to tell whether he installed those.

wce11254 wrote:
The software I was talking about was from the install disk that came with my Airport. The directions say to install this software on the Windows side.

That probably means you installed AirPort Utility. That would be necessary to help you configure an Apple AirPort base station if you didn't have a Mac, but won't help you connect via AirPort from within Windows. For the drivers you need for that, you'll need to insert your OS X install disc while Windows is running.

Like iFelix wrote, there are no Apple-specific drivers required to connect to an AirPort network using a Windows client. I'm not aware of any, I've never installed any, and every PC I've ever used connects to every AirPort network effortlessly.

Unfortunately, I don't know what's causing the OP's problem, but I doubt he needs to install anything on the Windows partition. I suspect there is a Windows firewall setting or something similar that's blocking the connection.

Or perhaps I'm misinterpreting his problem...?

John Galt wrote:
Like iFelix wrote, there are no Apple-specific drivers required to connect to an AirPort network using a Windows client.

I wasn't arguing that point. I was speculating that a Mac running Windows in Boot Camp might need Apple drivers in Windows to operate the WiFi hardware of a Mac. It wouldn't surprise me that Microsoft didn't include drivers for that environment.

I am running Windows off of Bootcamp.

Your tagline says you're running OS X 10.4 Tiger. If you are running Boot Camp, wouldn't it still be the Beta version that was available for this OS version? ... and would be expired?

William Boyd, Jr. wrote:
It wouldn't surprise me that Microsoft didn't include drivers for that environment.

Me neither. The closest thing I had to the OP's situation was Virtual PC, on my G3 iMac, but it didn't need any special configuration to connect wirelessly. It just worked... I never gave drivers any thought.

I realize Boot Camp is different (and I removed VPC a long time ago).