I am trying to setup a PowerBook G4 to connect to a wireless network. The hardware/software I am using is as follows:
OS X 10.3.9 fully updated with most recent Airport etc. 550 MHz PowerPC G4.
Belkin F5D7011uk PCMCIA wireless networking card
Belkin F5D7230uk4 wireless router.
The router is working fine (I am connecting to it wirelessly from my PC laptop at the moment). THE PCMCIA card is in the Mac (although Belkin does not offer installation instructions, Apple claim it should work and it has worked for many people according to various forums). The Mac seems to detect it as an Airport card. It appears in the bar at the top of the screen, but with "Unknown Vendor" rather than Belkin as the identifier. But it does not allow me to connect to the wireless router.
I have tried playing with all of the network settings in System Preferences etc, but to no avail. Anyone got any idea what might be the problem? I am a novice Mac user so I may have missed something obvious; but I will be able to implement any suggestions.
Many thanks,
Jim
OS X 10.3.9 fully updated with most recent Airport etc. 550 MHz PowerPC G4.
Belkin F5D7011uk PCMCIA wireless networking card
Belkin F5D7230uk4 wireless router.
The router is working fine (I am connecting to it wirelessly from my PC laptop at the moment). THE PCMCIA card is in the Mac (although Belkin does not offer installation instructions, Apple claim it should work and it has worked for many people according to various forums). The Mac seems to detect it as an Airport card. It appears in the bar at the top of the screen, but with "Unknown Vendor" rather than Belkin as the identifier. But it does not allow me to connect to the wireless router.
I have tried playing with all of the network settings in System Preferences etc, but to no avail. Anyone got any idea what might be the problem? I am a novice Mac user so I may have missed something obvious; but I will be able to implement any suggestions.
Many thanks,
Jim
