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Greetings all,
I recently came into possession of an Apple G3 Powerbook "Lombard" laptop. It has both OS 10.3.9 and OS 9.2 installed (I don't know what for). It has a 400mhz processor and 512mb of memory. I have an Orinoco Wi-Fi card (with installed drivers) that will only work under OS 9.2. When I go to my local library I can pick up a good strong signal but I can't open a web browser (for OS 9 I have an older OS 9 supported Mozilla and icab).
My one Mac friend tells me OS 9 is no good (so far I like it because it's the most Windows-like environment) and that I should use OS 10 instead.
I bought a Hawking Technology Wi-Fi card for OS 10 and my signal connects and disconnects and connects and disconnects, etc. The funny thing is one of my neighbors has an unsecured signal and I can easily log on to the internet that way (the signal is usually very weak; between 10 and 18%. If I'm lucky I can get a signal that's 25%!). When I try to log on my home wireless network (with password) that's when I get the connects, disconnects problem.
Thanks in advance
I recently came into possession of an Apple G3 Powerbook "Lombard" laptop. It has both OS 10.3.9 and OS 9.2 installed (I don't know what for). It has a 400mhz processor and 512mb of memory. I have an Orinoco Wi-Fi card (with installed drivers) that will only work under OS 9.2. When I go to my local library I can pick up a good strong signal but I can't open a web browser (for OS 9 I have an older OS 9 supported Mozilla and icab).
My one Mac friend tells me OS 9 is no good (so far I like it because it's the most Windows-like environment) and that I should use OS 10 instead.
I bought a Hawking Technology Wi-Fi card for OS 10 and my signal connects and disconnects and connects and disconnects, etc. The funny thing is one of my neighbors has an unsecured signal and I can easily log on to the internet that way (the signal is usually very weak; between 10 and 18%. If I'm lucky I can get a signal that's 25%!). When I try to log on my home wireless network (with password) that's when I get the connects, disconnects problem.
Thanks in advance