Hello. I have a PowerBook G3 Lombard(400 MHz, 192 MB ram) with OS 9.2 and OS X 10.3.9. I have recently installed a Lucent ORiNOCO GOLD PC card. Mac OS 9 recognizes the card and connects to the internet(however accessing the web at all under OS 9 causes it to crash). OS X, however, will recognize the card, but will not connect to the internet. I'm thinking possibly a lack of WiFi drivers could be causing my issue.(it does seem to have ioxperts 802.11 b under the setting menu.
The fact it is 802.11b means it is incompatible with any 802.11n and WPA/WPA2 hardware. Your card is most likely too old to be of any use connecting to modern WiFi networks.
You would be better off using a USB Dongle.
Understood, however I should state that the router itself does not actually support 802.11n, has no security, and the PowerBook connects perfectly fine under OS 9 using the same WiFi card.
Ah, right. Then, try the open source drivers here:
http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/download.html
BTW, I'm sure you've heard this before, but running a router with no security is a really bad idea.
Thanks. And we do live in an extremely remote area, not many houses near us, plus our ISP rarely pushes out anything close to 1 Mbps.
Fair enough.
Any luck with the open source drivers?
PowerBook G3 Wi-Fi
