Problem with iBook & Wifi after router upgrade

[dougal]

I set my security to WEP instead of WPA and its working fine now.

Very weired!!

Could it be the region? My router says Europe, but my iBook came from USA

[Zac67]

:juggler:
WEP is cracked in less than a minute...
:rtfm:

The regional setting has to with what channels may be used - a wrong setting may get you into trouble.

[illy5603]

Mousehouse has had your answer since the first reply... Older macs tend to have problems with WPA/WPA2 security. Your router update is what pushed it over the edge.

When I was consulting we have a school with two different wireless network, one for their computers (Pc's and new Macs) and one for the old powerPC macs.

[RiFF_RaFF]

Hi!

I have never tinkered much with MacOS / Macs; but when it comes to Windows PCs I have many times found that upgrading the WiFi driver solves WPA / WPA2 problems. Are there any drivers in MacOS that could be updated, and maybe that would cure this problem?


-RR

[kolla]

We have yet to read what kind of iBook this is, but most likely the problem is the wireless chip. Older iBooks actually had a pcmcia/cardbus slot under the keyboard, and a card stuck in there, newer ones have mini-PCI cards that also can be replaced.

[dougal]

The iBook is a G3 800Mhz (2003 model) and the wireless Airport card is 802.11B

When i first bought it, it had problems connecting to my WPA network because it had an older OS X which didnt support WPA. But once i upgraded it to Tiger it worked perfectly with all 3 WPA networks i have at home and also with my WPA at work.

It still works fine with my other WPA networks at home except for the one in question.