No joy. I did find an AE Card Firmware dmg that adds WPA2 capability to the early AE cards, but it doesn't recognize my Airport card, since it's not an AE. Argh.
On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Jonathon Kuo wrote: > I took the bottom plate of the machine off and looked: it's a real Apple > Airport card. > System Profiler has only the following 4 lines to say about it: > > Airport Card Information: > > Wireless Card Type: Airport > Wireless Card Locale: USA > Wireless Card Firmware Version: 9.52 > Current Wireless Network: wireless network unavailable > > I'll try installing an Airport update to see if that changes things. > Beyond that, I don't have a clue as to why it only gives me WEP and LEAP as > encryption options. > > > > > On Jul 29, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Matt Penna wrote: > >> On Jul 29, 2010, at 7:14 PM, Jonathon Kuo wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> As far as I know, it's not a firmware issue; it's just the Airport software >> that runs as part of the system. Installing new Airport software may upgrade >> the card's firmware in the process, but it is transparent. (I believe 9.52 >> is the latest firmware version, anyway.) >> >> You should be able to connect to a WPA network with that OS and Airport >> card, as I used to support an iMac G3 running Tiger and it connected to just >> such a network with no trouble using a stock Airport card. If WPA is not >> presented as an option, then there is likely a problem somewhere. >> >> If Airport updates are not showing up in Software Update, make sure Software >> Update is not hiding any updates. >> >> And is it a real Apple Airport card, or something from a 3rd party? 3rd >> party cards may not work. >> >> Matt_______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
