You could always purchase a wireless bridge that supports wpa (more reliable and universal than USB dongles in my experience)...
On 7/29/10, Jonathon Kuo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Best Regards, John Musbach _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
