[dsricker]

I live in a split household. I has a G3 Powerbook (bronze) that I have upgraded to OS 10.3. My fiance has a Toshiba laptop running Windows XP. Hers came wireless. My did not. We purchased a D-Link DI-514 wireless router for our cable modem. Initially we purchased a D-Link USB wireless accessory to get my Powerbook on the Internet in wireless mode. Despite experiencing intermitent problems due to a 2.4 ghz cordless telephone. It works about 75 percent. Because it occupies a USB port that I would like to use for another piece of hardware I purchased an Airport card on eBay and have installed it in the Powerbook. It appears to be talking to the D-Link router however everytime I try to go to the Internet my browser gives a message that the URL or server requested cannot be found. I've tried to configure the Network in every way imaginable but no joy. Do any of you have any tips? Thanks.

[jasonsRX7]

Try turning the Airport card off, and then back on. If that doesn't work, open Network Preferences from System Preferences. Under the 'Show' drop down box, select Network Status. If the Airport connected and got an IP address, it should have a green dot.

If the dot is not green, then either the Airport card was not assigned an IP and is using a self assigned IP (which means that you won't be able to surf) or the Airport card was unable to connect to a wireless access point.

I'm guessing that the airport card is not connecting with your access point. If you've enabled WEP, you may need to clear your password from the Keychain and then try to reestablish the connection.

If it is saying that it's using a self assigned IP, then you might want to check the DHCP settings in the router and make sure that it is assigning them.

I'm having a similar problem with a Netgear WGR614 router that I just bought. Since I am using a linux box for my routing and DHCP, I don't want to use the routing functions of the Netgear, I simply want it to act as an access point and bridge. The Netgear refuses to bridge, and will not pass DHCP or local lan traffic to the wireless clients, even though they are able to make and sustain a wireless connection.

[amazing]

If you can open the browser webpage that's usually the admin access for the wireless router, then you're at least on first base. Getting connected to the internet could be as simple as entering the DNS servers into your Network Prefs.

Or, did you perhaps enable MAC address filtering on the router? If so, you'll need to enter the laptop's wireless card MAC address. Also, does the router have a firewall--if so, try turning it off.

If you're using DHCP in your laptop Network wireless prefs, try a manual address and be sure to specify the DNS server addresses.

Lastly, if the above fails, and your laptop is definitely connected correctly to the router, then turn the cable modem off for at least a minute (leave the router and laptop on) and then turn the router back on. This is what just worked for me (I had to get a new replacement cable modem and the wireless router wouldn't allow me access to the internet.)

[dsricker]

Thank's for the input, but I have solved the problem and the Airport card is now communicating fully with the Dlink DI-514 router. After trying everything imaginable including a hard reset of the router I called Dlink support. The tech I spoke with had very little knowledge of Airport cards and almost no idea of what to do. He did consult with a colleague who made a few suggestions. We determined that the router was talking to the Airport card, but that nothing was being received by the router. On a separate computer I was asked to log onto the router using the browser. I was directed to go to the Performance page where I was told to change the preamble from short to long. The router restarted and the Windows computer was still able to get onto the Internet. I pinged the router from by PowerBook and the result was positive. Almost immediately I was connected to AIM, the browser worked and email also worked. The tech called his call with me a great experience. Thanks again for the feedback.