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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: robbo007 on September 30, 2014, 02:53:35 PM

Title: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: robbo007 on September 30, 2014, 02:53:35 PM

Hi all,

Are there any hacks to enable WPA via the airport wifi card? Don't really want to activate WEP on my Airport extreme so my iMAC G4 has network access.
Thanks,
Rob

Title: Re: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: supernova777 on September 30, 2014, 03:10:40 PM

which version of mac os 9 are u running?
i think my airport is working on my mdd 1.25ghz(2003)
and this must be via WEP or WPA because i think thats the oldest my router supports. i will check

Title: Re: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: Knezzen on October 01, 2014, 02:22:00 AM

This is a driver issue in Mac OS 9. Your original AirPort card supports WPA in OSX, but not in OS9.
Write a driver and all should be well ;)

Title: Re: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: supernova777 on October 01, 2014, 07:02:13 AM

perhaps a 3rd party driveR exists?

Title: Re: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: supernova777 on October 18, 2014, 10:54:15 PM

http://web.archive.org/web/20020518054415/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424

Title: Re: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: Knezzen on October 20, 2014, 02:07:09 AM

128-bit, but still WEP.

Title: Re: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: Zach on January 04, 2015, 06:51:04 AM

On my Powerbook I'm unable to connect to a WPA network even on OsX. Everything works on OsX using an USB key with RTL8191 chip, this works great also on Ubuntu natively, no need to install any driver.

Title: Re: WPA via Airport WIFI
Post by: Knezzen on January 04, 2015, 08:12:08 AM

Quote from: Zach on January 04, 2015, 06:51:04 AM

On my Powerbook I'm unable to connect to a WPA network even on OsX. Everything works on OsX using an USB key with RTL8191 chip, this works great also on Ubuntu natively, no need to install any driver.

Must be something wrong with your OS X install then. Works great on my TiBook in Tiger and Leopard :)