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When I try to use Airport to access a Wi-Fi net work, the Network Control panel opens and a message appears stating the following: “Your network settings have been changed by another application.” When I click the OK button, the message disappears then instantly reappears.
iPad Air 2, iPadOS 15
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A wifi card was optional in the iBook until the last models, the Late 2004 and Mid 2005. I suspect the original cards will be hard to find, and third-party USB-based dongle solutions seldom had the required Mac drivers, and even those those that did were a royal pain for setup and maintaining a connection.
I would visit powerbookmedic.com to look for original cards.
Were this my iBook, I would use a wifi range extender. All iBooks have an ethernet port to which you attach the extender by cable. No drivers required, and most extenders have an ethernet port. It's not portable but would get you internet access.
A caveat based on my experience with our remaining PowerPC Macs: Few websites today will work with the ancient browsers associated with macOS 10.4.11. The one solution is no longer being updated but may work— TenFourFox. The last version released is available from the developer's site here:
https://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Do not trust any other download sites for this.
I've used 10-4-Fox on a G4 eMac running 10.5 and it is slow, can't do video, but works with older, less demanding websites. It gives you time to go put on the kettle!
Update: the airport set up assistant app tells me the following “cannot find airport card“. If I indeed do not have an airport card installed in this iBook, which dates from about 2003, is it possible to install one? Thanks in advance for any replies!
Many thank for your response, Allan! I think I’ll try a range extender on my iBook, as you suggested. This iBook is no longer portable, anyway, due to a dead screen. I’ll probably try 10-4-Fox, as well. Thanks again!
I plugged a Netgear WiFi range extender into my iBook with an Ethernet cable, but am unsure how to proceed in accessing the WiFi network. Allan Jones, or others more knowledgeable than me about this process, please feel free to weigh in with any suggestions. Thanks in advance!
Did you follow the Netgear instructions to set up and configure the extender to connect to the Wi-Fi network?
You would want to do this.....before.....you connect the Ethernet cable from the extender to the iBook.
Accessing a Wi-Fi network on an iBook running macOS 10.4.11
