On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, D. Fabel wrote:

> I'm having mixed results...
> 
> If I try to connect an iMac G3 indigo with Airport card to my existing 
> Verizon FIOS wireless router (MI424), it WILL NOT connect regardless of how I 
> set it up.  WEP, WPA, WPA2, with TKIP, with AES, with both...  No combination 
> seems to work.

Make sure it's set up to use 802.11b.  Many 'g' and 'n' routers can be 
configured to not allow 802.11b devices to connect.

Try, as a test, disabling the security.

> 
> However, if I set up my old Airport Express (g only) to create a wireless 
> network - low and behold my iMac connects just fine using WPA.
> 
> Any thoughts out there on why I'm good to go with the AE but not with the 
> FIOS router???

Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting

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