iMac G3 Airport

[thinkdifferent]

I found an abandoned iMac G3 at work (indigo, in beautiful condition) and I booted it up to Tiger. It says there is an airport card installed, and it has the airport logo in the menubar, but it couldn't find any wireless networks even though there were several networks within 30 feet of the machine. Is there something wrong with my card, or does the original iMac just have really weak reception?

I would love to get this computer working and take it home. The perks of working at a computer repair shop.

 

[LCGuy]

The AirPort card is incompatible with some newer routers and access points, for some reason. I have a Cisco Small Business router that I can't connect to from my TiBook 500, even in Leopard, yet all my other WiFi equipped machines work fine with it.

 

[thinkdifferent]

That's probably it - my work has a newer router. I'm sure my 10-year old linksys at home will do just fine

 

[bibilit]

have a look at the card, the antenna should be connected, by default this is hooked somewhere.