Wi-Fi connectivity issues w/OS X 10.5.8

Good morning GDAQUA,

Got some good news for you. I think we can put this one to sleep but, first I wanted say thank you sir for the advice and the resources w/the relevant info to properly troubleshoot this wireless Sci-Fi Wi-Fi throw back to the future network. Secondly your patients to help. Very much appreciate! Hope I wasn’t too much of a pain in the butt. I know it was on my end. I made a train wreck out of my existing Wi-Fi network two or three times. After all that term oil there was a sweet easy solution for WPA2 compatibility. I knew there had to be when the computer made an unexpected streamlined connection to some god only knows unprotected network. So I knew then was a way as long as I had the will.

All that it involved was to launch the “Airport Utility” (on the computer currently Wi-Fi connected) click the base station graphic>select edit>select “Wireless” from the sud menu>select the “Wireless Security” drop down menu>last but not least select “WPA/WPA2 Personal”. Bingo! Houston the G4 digital audio has connected.

Just tried to join the network without any security or a password. No luck.

Hello BDAqua,

just wanted to say thank you for your responsive correspondence as well as all of tech tip direction(s). The Airport express manual doesn’t even get close to breaking out a thorough and definitive path for trouble shooting the connectivity issues with my Wi Fi network. I’m going to give this another go this evening and will be taking the ethernet connection approach. Manual or automatic DHCP doesnˇt phase me at this stage of the game. The address, router, etc. etc. info has been documented to the point of running out of room in the administrator’s log. I’ll let you know what ensues.

Thanks for the all that you have provided thus far,

Leonard

Hi BDAqua,

not much luck as of yet. The disk utility is unable to find “any Airport wireless devise”. I believe my issue is when creating a new/additional network location, of which I can create without a hitch, just unable to establish/sustain the additional location’s presence within the WiFi network. I have read the materials and possibly I’m mis-interpreting something some where. So I’m going to give it another go. I’l be in touch.

Thank you for your patients,

Leonard

Hi BDAQUA,

My apologies for poorly communicated reply. I’ll make every effort to correct my short comings.

OK, first things first:

question:  “Not sure where Disk Utility gets involved here!???”

answer:  My mistake, I totally flaked out when referencing “Disk Utility”. I meant to say:

 The “Airport” Utility”  is unable to find “any Airport wireless devise”. 

question:  Can you explain the following in more detail?

I can create without a hitch, just unable to establish/sustain the additional location’s presence within the WiFi network. 

answer: Yes. My explanation is as follows:

After entering a name for a new network>Location, pulldown menu>Edit Locations, select the plus icon, give it a name.. Next move to the Wi-Fi main menu icon( instead of joining from the Network Name pull down menu). From the the WiFi icon list,  click “join other network”. At the time, attempting to “join other network”>assigning Wi-Fi network passwords>select security or opt not to assigning passwords then>click OK, an immediate stall occurs indicating the “Connection timed out”. At this point I have to click cancel. The name of the network I was attempting to join is no longer available for selection in either the Network Name pull down menu or the Wi-Fi main menu. Gone..... hence:

(a new network name) I can create without a hitch, just unable to establish/sustain the additional location’s presence within the WiFi network.

I’ve tried to attach screen shot images but, they’re not loading at the moment and was instructed to try again later in the day.

FYI: when attempting to use my existing Wi-Fi network, there is an immediate stall indicating the “Connection failed”.

Thanks for your help,

Leonard

Hi BDAQUA,

finally, I’m back.... . and back on the path to hopefully solve the Sci-Fi Wi-Fi mystery. . All kidding aside, I think we’re on to something. I took a peak at the Wi-Fi network profile on my iMac, OoooH yeah ... Network security is nothing but WPA2 Personal. (2 Wi-Fi ports). The G4 airport card is NOT “Aiport Extreme”. The iMac card is “Aiport Extreme”. Minor detail........ .  I’ll keep you posted. I’ve been trying to post this reply for 2 1/2 hours.

• Gotta question. What constitutes a “WPA password”? I have no idea. When attempting to join a Wi-Fi network the network is continually requesting/requiring a“WPA password”. All I know is that it’ a standard for wireless encryption..... . .???

Thanks again for everything.!  I’ll let you know what happens.

Leonard

Another computer on the Wi-Fi network is running WPA2 Personal security. Is that problematic for the G4 Airport Utility when it”s unable to find any Airport wireless devices?