[pmg4lktan]

hi guys ...

just installed an AirPort card for my QuickSilver ... i installed the requierd software as well ... the installation process went fine ...

however when i try to share the Internet (connected to LAN) through AirPort, my laptop failed to detect any wireless network ... i suspect the antenna might not be working correctly ... so i tried to enable ad-hoc on my laptop, my QuickSilver detect nothing ... i am 100% AirPort is turned on in the menu bar there as well as in the Network control panel ... and i even have the 4 layer beam icon shown ...

below is a picture where the antenna is plugged to the hole on the AirPort card ... is it connected correctly? i fear that i may be connecting it wrongly ... expert please correct me if i connected it wrongly ...

56k users please be aware, around 1MB image!!! thanks ...

anything else i can do to make things work? thanks in advance!

[ghporter]

That cable is as plugged in as plugged in gets. So that's not the problem. I'm not 100% certain the card itself is installed all the way though; it's hard to tell from the picture, and since I don't have a Quicksilver myself, I can't look to see what's "right." Make sure the card is indeed all the way in. Further, have you restarted the computer since you installed the card? Sometimes even a Mac needs a "fresh start" to see new hardware and install the drivers correctly.

If the above doesn't change what you're experiencing, then it's time to start doing some tests. If price were no object, I'd suggest buying a WiFi "hotspot detector" and seeing if that picked up the signal from your AirPort card. Failing that, having a friend with any kind of wireless laptop see if they can detect your signal would be a great idea. Whichever way you go, you need to know that the card is actually working. Would I be correct in assuming you got the card from a source like eBay?

[pmg4lktan]

Originally Posted by ghporter

That cable is as plugged in as plugged in gets. So that's not the problem. I'm not 100% certain the card itself is installed all the way though; it's hard to tell from the picture, and since I don't have a Quicksilver myself, I can't look to see what's "right." Make sure the card is indeed all the way in. Further, have you restarted the computer since you installed the card? Sometimes even a Mac needs a "fresh start" to see new hardware and install the drivers correctly.

If the above doesn't change what you're experiencing, then it's time to start doing some tests. If price were no object, I'd suggest buying a WiFi "hotspot detector" and seeing if that picked up the signal from your AirPort card. Failing that, having a friend with any kind of wireless laptop see if they can detect your signal would be a great idea. Whichever way you go, you need to know that the card is actually working. Would I be correct in assuming you got the card from a source like eBay?

yeap ... you're indeed right that i got it off an auction site ... the card had previously used on iBook by previous user, his iBook's logic board got burned out, so he is selling this ...

is it possible that the incident might has damaged the card? what i see on the computer seems to be ok ... everything looks normal ... just that it don't do what it should do ...

i'll get more AirPort cards in coming weeks ... so, i'll be able to test it ... what do you mean by restart the computer? do you mean the reset button on the motherboard? will do more testings in coming weeks ...

thanks for the help ...

[MRTrauffer]

What he means by restart is rebooting the computer. Shut it down, then power back up.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by MRTrauffer

What he means by restart is rebooting the computer. Shut it down, then power back up.

Yes, precisely. Rebooting the computer seems to be something a lot of Mac users resist very seriously. As quickly as a Mac boots, I really don't understand that...

Anyway, rebooting gives the machine the best opportunity to find and identify new (or newly installed) hardware, and to install the required software.