>
>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.
I just grabbed the extensions from my iBook and AirPort 1.1 works
great on my 2400/OS 8.6/OT 2.0.3.
>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!
That is normal. The way the software (or hardware) works, the 2400
can only recognize one network card at a time (in PC Card slots). I
have no idea why this is and it's a bit annoying.
>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.
I don't have any problem kicking the card out. I just turn TCP/IP
control panel to a configuration that doesn't have the WaveLAN
selected and has TCP/IP inactive. Then, it ejects right away. Since I
don't ever activate AppleTalk, I would suggest that you look there.
>So, anyone using a WaveLAN yet? under 8.6? ideas, impressions?
I am working just fine. It's a little less compatible with other
access points than the Lucent software. But, then, the Lucent
software requires a reboot for every config change.
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