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Darren-S
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Hi all,
I'm not too familiar with Macs, so this may sound a little basic!
First off, am I correct in saying that all Powerbook G4 17" laptops come with Airport Extreme cards built into them? Apple's website seems to indicate this but this is where our issue lies. I've yet to find anything in OSX that indicates the presence of an Airport card.....
The G4 itself is nearly two years old, but we bought an Airport Extreme Base Station just last week. Thinking that both the G4 and Base Station would happily talk to one another, I was surprised to hit this problem so early on.
In the Network tab of System Preferences, I cannot see the Airport card listed. Only USB Bluetooth Modem Adaptor, Internal Modem and Built-in Ethernet are shown. Also, the More Info tab within About This Mac doesn't refer to any Airport card either.
My initial thoughts were that this G4 simply has no Airport card within it. Yet, if you remove the laptop battery, sure enough, there's an Airport Extreme reference number there, along with the MAC address, serial number, etc.
Coming from a PC background, trying to fumble my way around the workings of a G4 is like trying to learn Chinese in a week! In the PC environment, I'd want to check the BIOS and see if 'Airport' was enabled. Do G4's have anything like a BIOS or pre-boot options screen?
Any help would be much appreciated.....
Cheers,
D.
I'm not too familiar with Macs, so this may sound a little basic!
First off, am I correct in saying that all Powerbook G4 17" laptops come with Airport Extreme cards built into them? Apple's website seems to indicate this but this is where our issue lies. I've yet to find anything in OSX that indicates the presence of an Airport card.....
The G4 itself is nearly two years old, but we bought an Airport Extreme Base Station just last week. Thinking that both the G4 and Base Station would happily talk to one another, I was surprised to hit this problem so early on.
In the Network tab of System Preferences, I cannot see the Airport card listed. Only USB Bluetooth Modem Adaptor, Internal Modem and Built-in Ethernet are shown. Also, the More Info tab within About This Mac doesn't refer to any Airport card either.
My initial thoughts were that this G4 simply has no Airport card within it. Yet, if you remove the laptop battery, sure enough, there's an Airport Extreme reference number there, along with the MAC address, serial number, etc.
Coming from a PC background, trying to fumble my way around the workings of a G4 is like trying to learn Chinese in a week! In the PC environment, I'd want to check the BIOS and see if 'Airport' was enabled. Do G4's have anything like a BIOS or pre-boot options screen?
Any help would be much appreciated.....
Cheers,
D.