At 08:40 AM 4/30/2006, Gary F. Daught, had this to say :
Greetings. I have a PowerBook 2400c, running OS 8.6. I have a Dell
TrueMobile Gold wireless pc card (that supports 128-bit WEP
encryption), running ORiNOCO driver v.7.2. I am successfully running
wireless on my secure network at home.
My college, however, recently switched to a secure (closed) wireless
network that utilizes certificates, 802.1x authentication and PEAP
(Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol). I am no longer able
to access the network with my current hardware/software
configuration, and am definitely sensing the limits of my trusty 2400
in this environment. The college is not a Mac-friendly environment in
general, though I have successfully assisted students with PowerBooks
and iBooks running OS X and AirPort to get on this closed network
with little problem.
I know AirPort support was introduced with OS 9. But I don't know
whether my TrueMobile card is supported within AirPort. It may be
time to jump into the 21st century...once the non-Pro version of the
Mac Book is released. But before I bail, I was wondering if there is
a known work-around, third-party utility, firmware update, etc. that
would enable me to join this closed network with these added layers
of security/authentication?
Thanks for your assistance.
I started with Orinoco WaveLAN silver cards before I was
able to obtain a real AirPort card for less than $100.
Any ways, using the Orinoco card and the AirPort 1.3 files,
I was able to utilize the card. It's been a while but I think even my
MacOS 9 saw the Orinoco as an AirPort card. I'd have to reboot my
Pismo out of Linux and into 9 to check that (can't at the moment as I
am updating my Linux). Any ways, the card should work for you as an
AirPort card with at least AirPort 1.3. That being said, I don't
think that version had support for the security features/functions
listed above. Only one way to find out though and that is to give it a try. :)
The following website is where I found out I could use my
Orinoco on my 3400's as an AirPort card.
http://www.alksoft.com/projects/unsupported_airport.html
Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.
Sincerely,
R. McFarlane
cross platform specialist
Mac - Linux - windows
McFarlane Computing
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(email) techie @ mcfarlanecomputing . net
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