Need Help With Wireless

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  1. xxboarderxx, Feb 19, 2009

    xxboarderxx macrumors newbie

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    I am new with macs. I bought a older laptop. Its a powerbook G4 with 667 MHZ. I have An airport Card in it however it doesnt read any networks.The Icon stays gray. I have a regular Linksys router with a password. Do I need a special router from apple or does ANY router work? I need some help cause i want to be able to be wireless. Thanks
     
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  2. dingguhlbary, Mar 3, 2009

    dingguhlbary macrumors newbie

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    any router should work just fine. just make sure you got the signals right. older wireless cards only pickup certain G or B signals. maybe you mixed something up somewhere. that's all i can think about. good luck.
     
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  3. BlueRevolution, Mar 4, 2009

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    That model of PowerBook only has 802.11b support, so ensure that your router is configured to accommodate that. There's no need to use an Apple router.
     
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  4. ziggyonice, Mar 4, 2009

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    Make sure the Network preferences are setup correctly. Go to the Apple menu in the upper-left corner, and choose System Preferences. Click the Network icon, and look at the Airport preferences. Make sure everything looks accurate.
     
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