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airport and os9 - no internet.....
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hi
I ma trying to browse the internet via airport on my os9 ibook g3.
I enable airport and it connects to the network after typing in wireless password
yet when I go to browse the internet, no page displays
Is there any other control panels I need to configure?
(my wireless router is a BT Voyager 2091 - Wireless ADSL Router)
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What type of WIFI security is the router using currently? I don't think you can use anything higher than WEP on OS 9. It also depends on what model iBook G3 you're on. I've had trouble connecting to WPA on my old clamshell G3 466 even in Panther. I think I read that the original Airport card in the clamshell models may not have hardware support for WPA.
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Originally Posted by Big Mac 
What type of WIFI security is the router using currently? I don't think you can use anything higher than WEP on OS 9. It also depends on what model iBook G3 you're on. I've had trouble connecting to WPA on my old clamshell G3 466 even in Panther.
the router is at least 3 years old
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Originally Posted by rich82fox
the router is at least 3 years old
Do you know what sort of encryption you're using?
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Originally Posted by rich82fox
the router is at least 3 years old
You need to determine if it's using WEP or WPA. WPA has been around for more than three years so I can't determine what you're using with that information alone.
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
You need to determine if it's using WEP or WPA. WPA has been around for more than three years so I can't determine what you're using with that information alone.
apparently is prefigured for WEP
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I only kind of remember Mac OS 9 but if I recall Airport was managed through an application that would tell you the signal strength once you joined a network.
Also, I believe I recall that you could confirm that you were connected to a network and assigned a an IP address by going to Apple menu > Control Panels > TCP/IP.
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
What type of WIFI security is the router using currently? I don't think you can use anything higher than WEP on OS 9. It also depends on what model iBook G3 you're on. I've had trouble connecting to WPA on my old clamshell G3 466 even in Panther. I think I read that the original Airport card in the clamshell models may not have hardware support for WPA.
But it does connect to the wireless network in os10.3 - just not in os9
so I take it there is no way of updating OS9 to connect to a wpa wireless network?
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OH WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!! Hope I got your attention!
I just remembered that if we're talking about WEP under OS 9 you usually need to add a $ before your WEP password. Has something to do with not being HEX encoded by default, IIRC.
Why anyone would still be using OS 9 at this point is kind of beyond me, but I hope that tip helps.
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