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Airport problem with iBook clamshell

Hi! I just found on ebay an airport card. I made the propear intallation and when im trying to configure it, it seems to be a hardware problem.... I give up with airport card and i was thinking about to get a USB wi fi adapter... Do you know wich one it Will works?


I found this on ebay:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-150Mbps-802-11N-G-B-USB-2-0-WiFi-Wireless-Network-L AN-Card-Adapter-8319-/171012072916?pt=US_USB_Wi_Fi_Adapters_Dongles&hash=item27d 11d25d4


I have a iBook G3 Clamshell, M6411 366 Mhz with OS 10.1 installed


Thanks in advance!

iBook, Mac OS X (10.1.x), iBook G3 M6411

Posted on Apr 18, 2014 3:18 AM

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Posted on Apr 21, 2014 3:41 AM

OSX 10.1 is a very outdated operationg system and you airport card will only communicate with you wireless router if you set security back to the WEP standard (i guess it is set to WPA or WPA2 now)

You have got a iBook Clamshell with firewire, so you can run OSX 10.3 Panther (128MB RAM min) which allows you to use WPA Standard, but you have to buy a used black CD version.

If your iBook has a DVD drive and min 256 MB RAM you may run OSX 10.4 Tiger , the retail version was released on a black DVD.

Some of the newer USB wifi adapters (probably the one you mentioned) support OSX 10.4 Tiger, but you have to ask the seller before buying this product. They also support newer standards such as WPA2.


Your iBook has a recessed USB port, so may be a USB wifi adapter with a usb cable

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Apr 21, 2014 3:41 AM in response to Carloselvis

OSX 10.1 is a very outdated operationg system and you airport card will only communicate with you wireless router if you set security back to the WEP standard (i guess it is set to WPA or WPA2 now)

You have got a iBook Clamshell with firewire, so you can run OSX 10.3 Panther (128MB RAM min) which allows you to use WPA Standard, but you have to buy a used black CD version.

If your iBook has a DVD drive and min 256 MB RAM you may run OSX 10.4 Tiger , the retail version was released on a black DVD.

Some of the newer USB wifi adapters (probably the one you mentioned) support OSX 10.4 Tiger, but you have to ask the seller before buying this product. They also support newer standards such as WPA2.


Your iBook has a recessed USB port, so may be a USB wifi adapter with a usb cable

Apr 21, 2014 5:12 AM in response to Carloselvis

Check you router manual if a mixed mode wpa/wpa2 is possible

Check your airpord card if 128 bit is printed on the label. (there are older versions of the card which only support WEP)

When you put your airport card back in, press it firmly into the socket, so that a good contact is established

When you have successfully installed OSX 10.3 Panther, upgrade via apple - softwareupgrade to 10.3.9

Airport problem with iBook clamshell

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