cocoadelica Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hey all, Not been around for a while, but got back to playing with my PowerBook 2400c and ran into a wall trying to get the networking going. So... I have a 2400c running 9.2.2 (OldWorldSupport version). It’s modded to support CardBus and I have a Lucent WaveLAN Turbo Silver card installed. I’m running the Orinoco drivers and software for it. The card is recognised, the software sees my network and connects, there’s decent signal strength and it looks genuine as it wavers a little and looks like real reception. The problem is that is just won’t pick up the DHCP server and even manual, static, IP configurations don’t work. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to what to try, whether there’s better software/drivers etc... Thanks! Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, cocoadelica said: Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to what to try, whether there’s better software/drivers etc... What's the encryption settings on your WiFi? Pre-X is quite picky and rather insecure... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cocoadelica Posted November 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 That’s a good question, it’s a Virgin Media router nothing fancy, with a 2.4ghz and 5ghz network (I’m connected to the 2.4ghz). I’m wondering whether you’re right and the encryption is just too new for the older machine. I could try adding a very old router in the DMZ and seeing what that does, perhaps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 1 minute ago, cocoadelica said: That’s a good question, it’s a Virgin Media router nothing fancy, with a 2.4ghz and 5ghz network (I’m connected to the 2.4ghz). Sounds like you're probably using WPA2? In which case, you're probably out of luck. I think you need to talk WEP, which is far from ideal. I don't think anyone ever has made WPA work under "classic" MacOS, and it also needs hardware support in the card. That would account for it; you'd be able to see signal strength and stuff about the "mechanics" of the connection, but you wouldn't be able to send or receive any data over it at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cocoadelica Posted November 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hmmm yeah I think you’re right. I’ll go down the route of creating a specific network. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonpurdy Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 I have the same card as you running under 7.6.1. I didn't even bother with any encryption since WEP is broken. I created a separate VLAN and DHCP server on my Ubiquiti EdgeRouter, and created a separate wifi network (called 2400, speed limited to 3Mbps and with MAC address authentication) Only my 2400 with it's WaveLan MAC can connect Even if I had a malicious neighbour who spoofed the MAC, they'd only get 3mbps and wouldn't see any of my other networked devices (due to separate VLAN) I could go a step further and only enable it at specific times of day, or even turn it on when I want to use it This setup might be out of reach on most consumer routers but parts of it might be possible. Alternatively, pick up an original Airport Express and plug it into Ethernet and only use it when you want to use your 2400. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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