Okay, from the info on the links you all have sent, it appears that I'm out of
luck on this one. It's the original iMac4,2 with three USB 1.1 ports. I ran
software update (multiple times) from a wired connection, but there were no
firmware upgrades. I'm guessing the Airport card doesn't support WPA2, as it's
the regular card, not Extreme, and the firmware is 9.52.
On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Matt Penna wrote:
> On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Jonathon Kuo wrote:
>
>> I'm not quite sure how to ask this question…
>>
>> I'm trying to get an older iMac ("iLamp" Tiger 10.4.11) to connect to a WPA
>> network, but the only options in the wireless connect panel are for WEP, so
>> it can't connect. Thinking that the WPA option might have been introduced in
>> Leopard, I tried to install Leopard-PPC, but the Leopard installer says the
>> machine isn't supported.
>>
>> So, where exactly does WPA capability reside - on the Airport card or in OSX?
>
> Jonathon,
>
> Your system should support WPA. However, the original Airport card does not
> support WPA2. See this article for confirmation:
>
> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2594
>
> Make sure you have the latest Airport software installed on that system. Run
> Software Update (from a wired connection ;) and it should find what you need.
>
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