On 3/26/09 2:46 PM, Clark Martin of [email protected] sent > > muttdog wrote: >> I'm rescuing a 400 Mhz Lombard that recognized a Linksys wireless-G >> PC card in OS X 10.3. When I re-initialized the HD and installed OS 9 >> the card was no longer recognized as an Airport card. Up to now, I've >> only dealt with laptops that are Airport-ready. What are my options? > > That's normal. > > Apple's Airport software in OS 9 only recognizes the original Airport > card and certain other cards (Orinoco Gold and Silver, Lucent, a model > from Dell and others). They all use the same 802.11b chip set. > > Apple's Airport software in OS X only recognizes the newer Airport card > and others that use the Broadcom chipset.
Out of curiosity, does Apple's Airport software in OS 9 (w/ an original Airport card) only recognize an Airport Base Station as a viable router? Very curios. Thanks, Dana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
