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Hey guys,
I'm playing with a Clamshell trying to get it to connect to the internet with a generic USB wifi dongle. Using the software that it came with, (ZdWLAN_1211 is the name of it apparently; I've never heard of it), it can connect with the wireless network at my friends house fine, with a great signal strength, but I can't get it to connect to the internet; view any pages in Safari. I'm guessing I have to do something with Network Settings in the System preferences but I can't figure out what exactly. It's a 300Mhz G3 running 10.3.9. Thanks in advance. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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Does the Network pane is System Preferences say your computer is getting an IP address?
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Nope, and the network preference pane doesn't list the dongle as a network device.
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in the list called show: (in the network pref pane), select Network Port Configurations.
does it show up there? if not press "new..." does it list it there? |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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If Network Preferences can't see the device, will anything outside of the adapter's proprietary software be able to connect? I'm not sure it'll work if Network Preferences doesn't recognize it.
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I was thinking the same thing. I gave up and went home. Meh,
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Rochester, NY
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Sorta sounds familiar - seems to connect but really not. If using a password to connect to network, put a $ sign in front of the password. A HEX passord, not a simple word type of password.
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