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Mac powerbook OS 9.2 to D-link router

by joepic19 Feb 25, 2006 10:02AM PST

OK,
I have a Mac Powerbook OS 9, and it has an internal Airport adapter. I can connect to the airport router at my grandpa's house, but can this mac connect to my home router? It's a D-link 524. I haven't tried yet, I don't use the Mac that much...but if i can get it online through the D-link i'll use it more. Can this connect to the router from the internal airport?? If so, please tell me how.

I also have a USB wifi adapter for my PC downstairs, if that helps...

thanks so much any help would be greatly appreciated.

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It should

by joesmithers06 Feb 25, 2006 11:48AM PST

Given the age, it's probably an 802.11b adapter, but for basic web browsing and such that's just fine. You should be able to just turn it on, and set the TCP/IP settings to get the information it needs automatically. It's been a good while since I've done much with any OS Classic version, that I can't reliably tell you how to do this from memory, and my iBook only has OS X on it.

The USB wifi adapter isn't likely to work with OS9 however. There might be a chance if you were running some version of OS X, but most OS Classic support dried up years ago.

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