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Bardicfool
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		WiFi on Lombard - 2006/08/01 20:36 Hi, guys;

I have a Lombard G3 Powerbook (basic 333mhz model with approx. 190mb of ram
and a 4Gb hard drive). I have been trying to use a D-Link wireless USB adapter to
connect to the Internet from a local WiFi hotspot. When I go there and set up, the
system indicates it is connected to the hotspot router, but I cannot reach ANY web
sites of any kind regardless of what browser I use (I have tried Netscape, IE 5.2,
Opera, and Safari with identical results - nada, zip, nothing). Other Mac laptops
have connected from this hotspot per the workers there, and PeeCee laptops have
no problems at all. I thought it might be the driver provided for Mac so I have
tried changing the driver (I even found one from D-Link, since the seller I got the
adapter from on eBay provided drivers from RaLink, the manufacturer of the chipset
this item uses). I am running the right OS (OS X 10.3, from a commercial full
install), and all other hardware and software work fine. Every indication from the
laptop is that it sees their network, but the browsers cannot find any of the web
sites I have tried to reach (Google, eBay, etc.). Network settings seem to be OK,
and I have followed the instructions I was directed to by the seller as best I can
(they consist of a forum entry similar to this from someone setting things up to use
the D-Link card in place of Airport for his HOME network connection with WPA
encryption; for what it's worth, the hotspot I've been trying to link thru doesn't use
any form of encryption, and I made sure my IP Firewall included in the OS is off, in
case that was the issue)

I haven't had the opportunity to try it out at a different WiFi hotspot, to see if the
problem is with their equipment. I'm otherwise totally at a loss, since this doesn't
even begin to make sense; if the computer can see the router and, from that, the
internet, why can't I get the browsers to reach web sites? Help, please, I'm at my
wits end on this thing!

James, befuddled in Aurora, IL
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krowmagnum
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:WiFi on Lombard - 2006/08/02 01:26 I had the same problems with a Raylink chipset card in my Wallstreet. It would show a connection signal but no connection there.

I also tried a D-Link card a long time ago in another Wallstreet and never got it to work either.

You may want to try iOXperts wifi driver. It works with a lot of cards and has a free 30 minute trial. After 30min, you have to reboot to use it again.

The best option is to get a WaveLan or similar card which works much better. There are sever others too that work well.

Sonnet makes a new wifi PC card that is supposed to work well.
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WestonGirot
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:WiFi on Lombard - 2006/08/03 01:08 It probally doesn't work because your using bluetooth and not wifi
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Bardicfool
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:WiFi on Lombard - 2006/08/03 16:05 No, so far as I can tell I am using WiFi, that's what this is supposed to be for (or, at least, that is how it was advertised and sold, and the PeeCee driver disc that came with it says it is for WiFi) and, as I said, it sees the signal from the router (I don't think bluetooth would do that), but I can't figure out why it won't allow me to reach any web sites through that router. As soon as I can download the driver recommended by krow, I will give it a try (I haven't had time to do so via dialup), but I'm not sure it will work until I try it.
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WestonGirot
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:WiFi on Lombard - 2006/08/03 21:58 Sorry, i thought i read somewhere that you said you were using bluetooth, my bad. sorry again
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