[P1] AirPort Card And Problems

[David Harris]

On Apr 17, 2004, at 1:52 PM, Gerry wrote:

> Good Afternoon,
>
> A week or so ago, I purchased a AirPort card for my iBook, dual USB. 
> Seeing that I bought a new wireless router, I wanted my iBook to be 
> used in that mode. The install of the AirPort card went well. After 
> the hardware installation, I downloaded and installed the latest 
> version of the AirPort SetUp Assistant. I configured it and connected 
> to my wireless router with no trouble. It worked well throughout the 
> afternoon, putting my iBook to sleep a few times.
>
> Later that same afternoon, I woke up my iBook from sleep and got an 
> instant kernel panic. I rebooted and still, I got another kernel 
> panic. I ran the latest version of DiskWarrior, etc., to no avail. I 
> went and deleted the AirPort SetUp Assistant, searched for all of the 
> files, deleted them, then reinstalled the Assistant. After restarting, 
> I still had kernel panics, but this time, as the Desktop appeared, I 
> got a kernel panic. I rebooted about 4 times after than and each time, 
> I got a kernel panic. I took out the AirPort card and lo and behold, 
> no more kernel panics. I took the card back and decided that I didn't 
> want to try another card.
>
> I have searched the Apple Discussions and found numerous people with 
> this same scenario and also, postings on the MacIntouch site.
>
> Before I decide and purchase another AirPort card, I would really 
> appreciate anyones input and if they too have had the same experience 
> that I had. Also, if they found a solution to this mess.
>
> Please post to our list and e-mail me off of the list, if you will.
>
> TIA,
>
> Gerry
>

Check your network settings.  It may be looking for the wireless 
network as the default.  Then, try loading it again.

David