Accessing a WP2 network under OS 9.2.2 with Airport?

[blaynescott]

Hello everyone!

I'm looking into getting a wireless network card (one of the original "Airport" cards) for a Wallstreet-type of Powerbook.

I want to access my university's wireless internet access (I only have dialup at my house which is outside town) - but I'm told that their network needs an Airport Extreme card, plus the latest version of OSX to work. I inquired about specifics, or workarounds, but the IT guy really didn't seem to know anything more than the 'party line'. Grr.

If anyone knows of a workaround (or a 3rd party PCMCIA wireless network card?) so that I can access my university's network on my OS 9.2.2 powerbook?
Here's the link to their webpage, in case anyone is in need of specifics:
http://www.trentu.ca/it/airtrent/

The .pdf of OSX instructions is here:
http://www.trentu.ca/it/airtrent/MACWireless.pdf

I would apprecaite any and all help this community can provide.
Best regards,
-Blayne
Ontario, Canada

 

[CubeHacker]

I am not 100% if you need an airport extreme card to get on a WPA2 network (I have an original Airport card and I have the option to log onto WPA2 networks, although there are none around for me to test with).

However, I can say for certain that you DO need at least OS X 10.3 to run on WPA networks. There is no way around that. OS 9 will not do it.