will airport work with a linksys WAP ??

[cisco]

Been asking this question and haven't gotten a definite answer yet.
my wifes' ibook won't connect anymore to my cable modem since I switched my router from an SMC barricade to a Linksys WAP + 4 ports. I've tried to correct the problem by reinstalling the mac OS9 clearing the TCP/IP , putting the old SMC back, hooking direct to the cable modem after clearing the aplle talk, Ip , etc rebooting. I think the mac NIC is fried
since the WAP is 802.11B would it detect the ibook if I simply install an airport card?

all the mac sites say i need an airport base station & or a PC setup as the base..

any of you mac wizards ever attempted linking your airport card straight to the WAP?
thanks for your help!
Happy New Year !

 

[Electrode]

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. The Apple Airport card uses, AFAIK, the same chipset that about half of all regular PCMCIA 802.11b cards use, the only difference being that the card itself is of a proprietary form factor. If you can get a PC laptop with a PCMCIA 802.11b card to work, then the only reason your iBook wouldn't work is if its 802.11b adapter were dead.

 

[cisco]

The newer airport cards say they are 802.11B compatible , but still say they require an airport base station. I'm suprised no one has tried this yet, I hate to spend the $100 as a test . they don't put these things on sale as far as I can tell.
thanks "Electrode" for the post!

still looking for some one who has tried this???

 

[n0cmonkey]

I have a linksys card in an OpenBSD pc acting as an AP for my iBook.

 

[Soybomb]

Should work just fine

 

[cisco]

OPenBSD PC ??? , anyone care to translate or post a link on how to setup such a PC?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: cisco
OPenBSD PC ??? , anyone care to translate or post a link on how to setup such a PC?

Apple lists an airport as a requirement because it wants you to buy more apple stuff. Forget the OpenBSD PC, forget the fact I posted mentioning more than I should have about my setup. Forget that I have it working under a similar setup to what you are proposing for just a minute and realize, it will work.

 

[jonmullen]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: cisco
OPenBSD PC ??? , anyone care to translate or post a link on how to setup such a PC?

Apple lists an airport as a requirement because it wants you to buy more apple stuff. Forget the OpenBSD PC, forget the fact I posted mentioning more than I should have about my setup. Forget that I have it working under a similar setup to what you are proposing for just a minute and realize, it will work.

onec again n0cmonkey is right, with the new airport cards that are 802.11b you can associate to any other 802.11b ap. The same goes for any 802.11b card associating to an airport base. so yes it will work for ya. What I would like to know is if you could put say a linksys WiFi pcmica card or an orinoco into an imac and have it work.

 

[cisco]

Thanks for all the help, I would think linksys would boost sales if they would say airport compatible, but it seems they haven't got clue ??

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: jonmullen

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: cisco
OPenBSD PC ??? , anyone care to translate or post a link on how to setup such a PC?

Apple lists an airport as a requirement because it wants you to buy more apple stuff. Forget the OpenBSD PC, forget the fact I posted mentioning more than I should have about my setup. Forget that I have it working under a similar setup to what you are proposing for just a minute and realize, it will work.

onec again n0cmonkey is right, with the new airport cards that are 802.11b you can associate to any other 802.11b ap. The same goes for any 802.11b card associating to an airport base. so yes it will work for ya. What I would like to know is if you could put say a linksys WiFi pcmica card or an orinoco into an imac and have it work.

IIRC, the Airport card uses a slightly different interface than pcmcia so it will not work. But there has been success with USB adapters using an open source driver (check sourceforge.net), I think.

 

[jonmullen]

So all mac use IIRC and not PCMCIA?

 

[cisco]

got the airport card after reading you guys posts + asking the compusa guy, but now I need to update my ibook (wife's ibook) to OS 9.2 for the airport software to install & work
and since I can't go online with it I'm kinda stuck.
Downloaded the updates to my PC burned the CDRs but the ibook can't read them.
now there's one where the compusa guy was wrong , he said the ibook would read the CDRs fine, or he said I could copy them to the mac hard drive and run the updates from there.
Anyone know a solution short of getting a mac user to burn them for me, can I serial my mac to my PC and go online like that?
I guess I probably need to find someone that has a mac that can burn the 9.0 to 9.1 update and then the 9.1 to 9.2 update for me on two mac CDRs.
if anyone can help pm, email or post I'll gladly pay for the shipping+ CDRs

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: jonmullen
So all mac use IIRC and not PCMCIA?

IIRC means "If I Remember Correctly" I think. AirPort cards are about the same form factor as PCMCIA cards, but now quite. And the new ones are supposedly totally different. There is support for PCMCIA wireless cards through a third party open source driver though.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: cisco
got the airport card after reading you guys posts + asking the compusa guy, but now I need to update my ibook (wife's ibook) to OS 9.2 for the airport software to install & work
and since I can't go online with it I'm kinda stuck.
Downloaded the updates to my PC burned the CDRs but the ibook can't read them.
now there's one where the compusa guy was wrong , he said the ibook would read the CDRs fine, or he said I could copy them to the mac hard drive and run the updates from there.
Anyone know a solution short of getting a mac user to burn them for me, can I serial my mac to my PC and go online like that?
I guess I probably need to find someone that has a mac that can burn the 9.0 to 9.1 update and then the 9.1 to 9.2 update for me on two mac CDRs.
if anyone can help pm, email or post I'll gladly pay for the shipping+ CDRs

Macs can read iso9660 cd roms. Try a different brand of disk, burn slower, do the normal troubleshooting stuff. Unless you did some wierd Windows thing to them, the Mac should read them fine.

 

[cisco]

Finally got the airport card working with my linksys wap, thanks for all the tips and help,
apparently the best buy and staples rebate CDRs aren't that great for macs, I used a sony CDR to upgrade OS 9.0 to 9.2
and about 3am last night tried going online but got little or weak signal even at 2 feet from the wap, tonight I tried unplugging and reconnecting the airport antenna and now this mac connects better then to inspiron 8100 (always says weak signal, cuts on and off when about 50 feet away)


so Yes the mac airport card will connect with any 802.11B wap

now my wife wants a scanner for her mac , since the two i have, don't support apples

 

[jonmullen]

Sounds like you need to lobby your wife to switch to pc. Sure would save you some cash.

 

[cisco]

My wifes studying Computer Graphics in college , so I can retire when she graduates and starts working! lol

 

[n0cmonkey]

The iBooks have a built in antenna in the screen. Their range is supposed to be pretty good. I love my iBook airport combination.

 

[cisco]

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hey thanks again!!!

 

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