Re: Wireless stopped working

2018-10-31 Thread J Stjohnny
I can also confirm this. Most new routers will only operate at hi speed with the newer encryption standards, so if you have a G5 or G4 or even earlier, cat5 is the way to go I have many altivec-era ppc Powermacs and they will not connect securely to new routers. If that however is your thi

Re: Wireless stopped working

2018-10-31 Thread Len Gerstel
Many newer wireless routers, particularly budget priced, don’t support the older wireless standards like 802.11b that the Airport is. I would check your router’s supported standards first. Len Gerstel > On Oct 31, 2018, at 12:20 PM, Crab King wrote: > > I pulled my PowerMac G4 out of the clos

Wireless stopped working

2018-10-31 Thread Crab King
I pulled my PowerMac G4 out of the closet and found that it will not connect wirelessly. I never had this problem before so I am wondering if there is a fix for the airport cards or are they too far out of date that new hardware is needed. My one G4 is a MDD 867 MHz dualie running Leopard. I