Hello,
So I'm new to Macs. I recently came across an old PowerPC G3 book, and I can't seem to figure out how to get the airport to work. It's got 256 MB of ram and a 700 MHz processor. (Less than my phone now... technology is amazing). Anyway, this is my first Mac, and I have had absolutely no luck getting the airport to work.
We have a secure network at my house. I believe it's WEP, though we might be changing to WPA soon. I've tried putting in the password and SSID many times now, and I've restarted the Mac and all that. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if my airport is broken. I can enable and disable it in the menu bar, but when I click on it, my only options are to turn it on/off or open up the internet connection center. From there, I can select airport and input a name/pass, but that hasn't worked either. It doesn't even seem like it's trying to connect.
Is there anything I can do/should be trying? Is this just user error?
In the event that my airport is broken, would something like this be a reasonable solution?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003X26PMO/?tag=macforums0e4-20
I hope I posted this in the correct place.
Thanks,
A Mac Noob
So I'm new to Macs. I recently came across an old PowerPC G3 book, and I can't seem to figure out how to get the airport to work. It's got 256 MB of ram and a 700 MHz processor. (Less than my phone now... technology is amazing). Anyway, this is my first Mac, and I have had absolutely no luck getting the airport to work.
We have a secure network at my house. I believe it's WEP, though we might be changing to WPA soon. I've tried putting in the password and SSID many times now, and I've restarted the Mac and all that. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if my airport is broken. I can enable and disable it in the menu bar, but when I click on it, my only options are to turn it on/off or open up the internet connection center. From there, I can select airport and input a name/pass, but that hasn't worked either. It doesn't even seem like it's trying to connect.
Is there anything I can do/should be trying? Is this just user error?
In the event that my airport is broken, would something like this be a reasonable solution?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003X26PMO/?tag=macforums0e4-20
I hope I posted this in the correct place.
Thanks,
A Mac Noob