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G5 + Airport Extreme Card = No Network?!
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<blockquote data-quote="jimhsu" data-source="post: 702318" data-attributes="member: 63156"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I have searched for this particular set of problems but found no answers:</p><p></p><p>I just got a G5 2.0 Dual, and a new Airport Extreme Card that I installed last night. I popped the CDROM that came with the AE card and installed the software also.</p><p></p><p>I have wireless running through my Motorola SBG900 Wireless cable modem/router. Have been running that network for years at home. I have a Windows laptop at the office upstairs and that sees my network along with 3-4 others from the neighborhood. </p><p></p><p>Well, the G5 sees the AE card but it does not see any networks. There are no networks seen in any of the pulldown menus when I try to connect. Not just my own, but it also sees none of the neighborhood network cources. I have tried to add my network, chosen "Others...." and typed in my case-sensitive network name and entered my password (with and without $ in front), and I keep getting "Airport has trouble connecting to this network" or some message like that.</p><p></p><p>My network is using WEP, but I have also turned that off to see....still cannot connect.</p><p></p><p>I have opened my G5 case multiple times, made sure that the antenna is connected firmly, and the card is inserted fully (and if G5 sees it it's not the card connection).</p><p></p><p>My questions are:</p><p></p><p>1. Is it still a signal strength problem? On my laptop in the same office I see 4/5 bars, 3/5 bars for my network and other nearby networks. I would think the G5 and AE card wouldn't have problem seeing them.</p><p></p><p>2. Is there such a thing as a broken antenna? It's fully inserted to the card....</p><p></p><p>3. I have turned off my network's security completely and it still does not show up. I would think that if it's just the security issues the network would still be detected just not able to be logged into. And the G5 would detect other networks also.</p><p></p><p>4. If somehow this G5/AE card combo cannot detect any wireless network, getting an Airport Extreme Base Station and hooking it up to my modem/router would not help, would it?</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimhsu, post: 702318, member: 63156"] Hello, I have searched for this particular set of problems but found no answers: I just got a G5 2.0 Dual, and a new Airport Extreme Card that I installed last night. I popped the CDROM that came with the AE card and installed the software also. I have wireless running through my Motorola SBG900 Wireless cable modem/router. Have been running that network for years at home. I have a Windows laptop at the office upstairs and that sees my network along with 3-4 others from the neighborhood. Well, the G5 sees the AE card but it does not see any networks. There are no networks seen in any of the pulldown menus when I try to connect. Not just my own, but it also sees none of the neighborhood network cources. I have tried to add my network, chosen "Others...." and typed in my case-sensitive network name and entered my password (with and without $ in front), and I keep getting "Airport has trouble connecting to this network" or some message like that. My network is using WEP, but I have also turned that off to see....still cannot connect. I have opened my G5 case multiple times, made sure that the antenna is connected firmly, and the card is inserted fully (and if G5 sees it it's not the card connection). My questions are: 1. Is it still a signal strength problem? On my laptop in the same office I see 4/5 bars, 3/5 bars for my network and other nearby networks. I would think the G5 and AE card wouldn't have problem seeing them. 2. Is there such a thing as a broken antenna? It's fully inserted to the card.... 3. I have turned off my network's security completely and it still does not show up. I would think that if it's just the security issues the network would still be detected just not able to be logged into. And the G5 would detect other networks also. 4. If somehow this G5/AE card combo cannot detect any wireless network, getting an Airport Extreme Base Station and hooking it up to my modem/router would not help, would it? Thanks so much for your help. [/QUOTE]
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