Well, my WaveLan card has finally arrived, and I've been through a bit of bizarre testing and am hoping someone can help, althout the situ's rather unique. I have an iMac DV SE running 9.0, AirPort 1.1 and with the Software Base Station. My PB 2400 is running 8.6 however. According to the Read Me's for AirPort 1.1, it now supports the Lucent and Farallon cards on PowerBook G3 Series laptops running OS 9, OR... iMac's, iBook's and G4's running 8.6 or higher. I suspect the reason these machines are allowed to run with 8.6, is because they all came with that hybrid of 8.6 and 9. One of the major differences was 8.6 on those machines has the newer 2-extension style Open Transport, whereas the original still has the six files. Well, of course, the installer won't even CONSIDER running on a 2400 running OS 8.6, so I used trusty Tome Viewer to pull out the stuff, only to find that OT 2.6 is also included in the Tome. I had noticed on my iMac DV when I installed AirPort 1.1, it upgraded OT, so I backedup the original 8.6 OT extensions on the 2400, and dropped in the new ones.... everything worked fine! So, I have a 2400 running 8.6 with Open Transport 2.6 and AirPort 1.1. Now the testing... It appears that my Farallon Ethernet card must not only be disabled, but removed for my machine for it to recognize the WaveLAN card. Either way the Finder recognizes and mounts it, but only when the Farallon isn't present does the AirPort control strip and application recognize it and the lights on the WaveLAN card light up. Nonetheless, after figuring that out, everything else worked on the first try! Woohoo! Now, the problem... Once it has been used, I cannot eject it due to the "This PC Card cannot be ejected because it is in use." I maintain a Location (via Location Mgr.) which sets both AppleTalk and TCP/IP to IrDA and Inactive. This is how I eject my Farallon card, and just save juice when on the road. But, even if I go to that, and 'Turn AirPort Off' (via Control Strip), I still can't eject the WaveLAN. I did notice that after leaving TCP/IP on Inactive for about 2 minutes (the usual amount of time for TCP/IP to naturally unload if its ACTIVE and 'load only when needed'), I was able to eject it. This only occured once, and the fact that TCP/IP was set to Inactive anyway still vexes me. So, anyone using a WaveLAN yet? under 8.6? ideas, impressions? Jay ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
