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Old Airport card not working with Linksys router

Hello,

I got an old Power Mac G4 Quicksiver 2002 a little while back and I decided to upgrade it a little bit as a pet project. One of the things I did was add an Airport Card so I could get wifi. I read all about 802.11b and WPA2 and all that, and I can't say I understood it all, but what I think I DID get was this: The old airport card cannot connect to a WPA2 network. (right?) I looked at the settings for my router, and it said it was on "WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode." I thought it would work. When I went to connect, it said "WPA Network Needs a Password. I put in my password, and after trying to connect for a little while, it said "Connection timed out." Right now I am connected to the "guest" network, which needed no password. Just to test, I changed the encryption to just WPA, not mixed mode. It stopped my PC from getting wifi, and still didn't work on the Mac. I got it to work by putting NO password, but I really don't want that. Should I try to change it to WEP? I'm not really a tech type of person, especially not with wifi stuff, I'm kind of just stumbling around with Google...


The router is a Linksys E2500 router.



AirPort Card Information:


Wireless Card Type: AirPort

Wireless Card Locale: USA

Wireless Card Firmware Version: 9.52

Current Wireless Network: {other network name}

Wireless Channel: 11


Is there any way to connect to the password protected network?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Airport Card

Posted on Apr 12, 2012 6:07 PM

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Apr 13, 2012 4:08 AM in response to BDAqua

Alright, I didn't have time to change the settings on the router, but I was able to connect to the Internet on the pc using WPA by right clicking on the network name, choosing properties, (then security) and then changing WPA2 to WPA and typing in my password. Will that help when I change the actual router settings? Also, the way I'm connecting with the pc is with a USB adapter. Does that matter?


Thanks for the quick response before.

Apr 13, 2012 12:34 PM in response to BDAqua

Well, it worked! For the PC. I had to change the encryption type to TKIP instead of AES and then it connected. But it's still not working with the Mac! It just says connection timed out! I'm wondering if it's just something to do with the card or my router or something... I might just buy that USB adapter...


Thanks anyway!

Apr 14, 2012 11:31 AM in response to BDAqua

Will buy it! It's strange, I don't think it's a firmware problem. Because, when I went to "other" I tried WPA, buy I ALSO tried choosing WPA2. It said "encryption not supported." When I do WPA, it says "connection timed out." so I think it's just a problem with the card or the router or something...


Thanks for the link to the adapter!

Old Airport card not working with Linksys router

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