Thanks for the great information, to everyone! The G4 is a dual 1 Ghz, so it's the Quicksilver 2002. According to the Apple support document, an Airport card is optional (with note 3). The card is a plain vanilla Airport card with firmware 9.52. I spent all of $17 on the card, so it's not a real loss if it doesn't work. It sees our network, and all our neighbors' networks, but I get a connection timeout when I try to join ours. I'm surprised that the card sees those networks at all if it will not connect.
I had vaguely remembered that a slower card could slow down the entire network, but was hoping that technology had found a way around that! I would prefer a wired connection, but it would take an awful lot of cable to reach the 2nd floor from the basement! Thank heavens for the laundry chute, though, as it could create an easy route to the upstairs. But I thought I would try the wireless route first. Your thoughts? Thanks a million! Wendi On Mar 30, 2010, at 5:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: Wendi, you likely have some incompatibilities with the card, machine and the network. Some G4s would work and some not in your situation. There is only one PowerMac G4 that ever would take an Airport Extreme card and I don't think you will like what you're going to do to your network if you get an earlier Airport card to work with it. You will lose a lot of speed (for the other computers as well) and seriously cripple your ability to secure your network. Which Airport card did you get? Are you able to tell which G4 you have? First, when you look at it does the front of the computer have shiny mirrored optical drive doors on it? If they don't, it's not one of the right ones. If it does have mirrored drive doors, then check the back to see if it has a FireWire 800 port on it--an original one, not on an add-on card. You can read more about how to tell them apart and see a picture of what a G4 FW 800 is supposed to look like on the back on this page: <http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25585?viewlocale=en_US> If it is then you are likely to be ok, and can probably get it to work reliably with your network. If it doesn't, you have only a few practical options for that machine (in order of preference): 1. Invest in a sufficient length of ethernet cable 2. Buy a compatible "G" or "N" PCI card to install in it (research this one carefully, or buy it somewhere where they have a liberal return policy) 3. Buy a second router or "wireless access point" and dedicate it to the G4 (although this will still compromise your network security) If you find that you really have a "FireWire 800" G4 tower then let us know and we can work some more to figure out a solution for you. ::-) j. -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer ****NEW Ph no: 502-509-7137**** Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] Kentuckiana's Only FileMaker Users Group: Listserv signup: http://fmpug.com/mailman/listinfo/louisville_fmpug.com Blog: http://kyfmp.com Next meeting 4/15/2010 1:00 pm Info & RSVP: http://fmpug.com/scheduleMeetings.php
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