[iBook] Airport card a dud...

[Russ Gorman]

Make sure the antennae is plugged in all the way. It usually takes  
quite a bit of force to get the cable to click in.
Then in System prefs choose the Network pane.
Then in "Show" pulldown choose "Network Port configurations"
Make sure the box nest to Airport is selected then drag the word  
airport to the top of the list and deselect any other ports like  
ethernet and modem that you are not using.
Then bake to the "show" pulldown and select Airport.
Check the box to "Show AirPort status in menu bar."
Then you'll see the fan shaped Airport signal indicator in the menu  
bar to show you if you are getting reception or not.



On Aug 24, 2006, at 3:47 PM, William Koepp wrote:

>
>     I bought a used airport card for my ibook (Version 1.12, 2 USB,  
> 1 firewire, OSX 10.2, 384 memory, 600 MHZ) and it doesn't bring in  
> wi-fi even when in a hotel lobby with free wi-fi. The airport card  
> is model PC 24-H, it installed o.k. with the bar codes showing on  
> the top.
> My questions are: What preferences do I have to change to make the  
> card operate and/or how do I know if it is a good card or not, for  
> this ibook?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Slowalker
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