My Lombard was working OK with this wireless card before I reformatted it, under Panther 10.3.9. I wiped and reinstalled Panther and updated to 10.3.9 again. At the top of the screen it shows the card is in, but Airport Assistant says there is no Airport card installed. Did I have some other stuff installed I forgot about and need to reinstall? Thanks.
Is the wireless card a Lucent WaveLAN?
My old PB G3 has one of those. It's one of the most compatible cards for the OS 8.x-9.2.x range of operating systems with AirPort. However, it is not natively supported under OS X, and AirPort is not supported under OS 8.6 or earlier.
http://www.powerbookwireless.net/
Make sure to download the proper version for Panther. Section 4.0 and below include software for AirPort compatible cards, and additional cards. Good luck. There is a lot of reading involved!
Is the wireless card a Lucent WaveLAN?
My old PB G3 has one of those. It's one of the most compatible cards for the OS 8.x-9.2.x range of operating systems with AirPort. However, it is not natively supported under OS X, and AirPort is not supported under OS 8.6 or earlier.
http://www.powerbookwireless.net/
Make sure to download the proper version for Panther. Section 4.0 and below include software for AirPort compatible cards, and additional cards. Good luck. There is a lot of reading involved!
Sludgedragon
Go here for a wireless driver for 10.3.9 <http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/download.html>
Find also Bwana Dik (really the spelling is correct!) for a menu Bar control app.
I used these two for years with a Lombard/OS 10.3.9/ Lucent Card.
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Cookie and Sludgedragon,
That link http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/download.html does not include an installer for 10.3, that is why I did not include it. The latest on that page is 10.2, and is not guaranteed to work under 10.3.
Yeh, I know the site says OS 10.2. However, I did use it successfully for years with OS 10.3.9.
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Well, I downloaded and Googled and all, and finally I updated theAirport software to 4.2. Tried it, and it recognized my card and my wifi network. So, Powerbook G3 333 Lombard + Mac OS X 10.3.9 + Airport4.2 = success! The download is labeled AirPortSW42.dmg.
Powerbook G3 Lombard, I reformatted with Panther and now it doesn't recognize the wireless card.
