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Mac Forum / General / Networking / March 2005Connecting XP/Netgear to Airport
I've got a couple of Airports in a home network, and am trying to add a PC -- I got a Netgear wireless card, and it sees the network. And then says "Limited or no connectivity". Any suggestions as to what to do? This is a brand new PC, nothing installed but the software for the Airport that wasn't there from the factory.  SignatureJ.B. Moreno > I've got a couple of Airports in a home network, and am trying to add a > PC -- I got a Netgear wireless card, and it sees the network. And then > says "Limited or no connectivity". Any suggestions as to what to do? > > This is a brand new PC, nothing installed but the software for the > Airport that wasn't there from the factory. How do you have the Airports configured? On the Windows box, are you using the Netgear utility to join the network or the Windows wizard? SignatureAF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball > I've got a couple of Airports in a home network, and am trying to add a > PC -- I got a Netgear wireless card, and it sees the network. And then > says "Limited or no connectivity". Any suggestions as to what to do? > > This is a brand new PC, nothing installed but the software for the > Airport that wasn't there from the factory. Ummm Airport software on the PC ? NetGear Utility or Windoze surely ? A search of NetGear info says; NETGEAR's MA401 Wireless PC Card detects the signal sent by the Apple AirPort Base Station. It may be possible to configure your network to use the card, but NETGEAR does not support wireless connections to the AirPort Base Station. http://kbserver.netgear.com/inquira/default.asp?ui_mode=answer&prior_tran saction_id=27045&action_code=5&highlight_info=16777990,45,70&turl=http%3A %2F%2Fkbserver.netgear.com%2Fkb_web_files%2Fn101168.asp&answer_id=3050651 7#__highlight Apple says; Some third-party 802.11b wireless cards do not connect to the base station when it is in Compatibility mode. The 802.11b Only mode allows you to work around the issue until you can update the affected card's drivers and/or firmware to join a the base station in Compatibility mode. Solution Any WiFi certified 802.11b wireless card should be able to connect to the AirPort Extreme Base Station when it is in Compatibility mode. Cards that are 802.11b compliant but not WiFi certified may or may not be able to connect when the base station is in Compatibility mode. But any 802.11b compliant wireless card should connect when the base station is in 802.11b Only mode. For best results, be sure that both AirPort and third-party software is up to date. More; http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107427 m- Crucial question: Is the network secured? With what? Wep? WPA? > Apple says; > Some third-party 802.11b wireless cards do not connect to the base [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > in 802.11b Only mode. For best results, be sure that both AirPort and > third-party software is up to date. By configuring the Airport Extreme so that it used 802.11b Only, I was able to get the Netgear and XP to recognize and work with the Airport Extreme. I should probably check out and see if it works when its set up for 802.11g as well, but not right now... SignatureJ.B. Moreno |
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