[X-Newbies] Connecting to the Internet with OS 9

[J]

Pam,

Do you actually have a base station or have you turned on the  
software router from the tower? This should work perfectly since I  
did that from a blueberry iBook while my iMac G5 was being repaired  
and it broadcast a good enough signal all over the house even with  
the 'b' card.


On Feb 7, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Pamela McCarville wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm having problem connecting to the internet.   I use Comcast and  
> this morning they came by and hooked up a new modem - they said my  
> other one was outdated.
>
> I have a G4 running OS 9.1 and a Ti-Laptop running 10.3.9.   I have  
> my tower set up as a AirPort Base Station.   I do most of my work  
> on my laptop.
>
> The minute he walked into the room he said he hated Macs, so I was  
> afraid there might be trouble.  And there was, after he hooked up  
> the modem he couldn't get the tower to connect up.   He said they  
> didn't support OS 9 and I would have to call Apple and left.    I  
> called Comcast directly and while the guy didn't know Macs, said  
> they did support OS 9.  He thought maybe the AirPort Base Station  
> was my problem.   He asked if I could reset the AirPort card.
>
> If I connect the laptop up to the modem it works fine.   But I'd  
> really like to get the tower hooked up and back running as the base  
> station and use my laptop wirelessly.
>
> Does anyone know if you can reset a Airport Card or if that even  
> sounds like that could be the problem?
>
>
> Thanks to anyone who has an idea.
> Pam
>
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