Linksys WPC11 v4 connecting to Apple Airport problems

I just got a Linksys WPC11 v4 802.11b card for an old laptop I just got
handed down. My home network already had an Apple Airport hooked up
that worked with my fiance's Apple iBook.
When I initially got the laptop (a Celeron 366 Thinkpad) it was running
Windows ME, and I tried installing the card under there. It installed
fine, and I even got it to connect to the Airport with a strong signal,
but it was never able to communicate on the network. I initially tried
setting a static IP, in which case the Thinkpad could ping it's own IP,
but nothing else on the network, not even the Airport. So then I tried
turning on DHCP on the Airport, and the laptop wasn't even getting a IP
from the Airport. So then I did a fresh install of Windows XP on this
laptop, and installed the drivers, and I had the same problems. Static
IP couldn't ping anything else on the network, and it wouldn't get a
DHCPed IP.
As stated above, the Airport works fine with my fiance's iBook, so that
can't be the problem.
Anyone have any suggestions for me?

joltman wrote:
> I just got a Linksys WPC11 v4 802.11b card for an old laptop I just got
> handed down. My home network already had an Apple Airport hooked up
> that worked with my fiance's Apple iBook.
> When I initially got the laptop (a Celeron 366 Thinkpad) it was running
> Windows ME, and I tried installing the card under there. It installed
> fine, and I even got it to connect to the Airport with a strong signal,
> but it was never able to communicate on the network. I initially tried
> setting a static IP, in which case the Thinkpad could ping it's own IP,
> but nothing else on the network, not even the Airport. So then I tried
> turning on DHCP on the Airport, and the laptop wasn't even getting a IP
> from the Airport. So then I did a fresh install of Windows XP on this
> laptop, and installed the drivers, and I had the same problems. Static
> IP couldn't ping anything else on the network, and it wouldn't get a
> DHCPed IP.
> As stated above, the Airport works fine with my fiance's iBook, so that
> can't be the problem.
> Anyone have any suggestions for me?
>
If you have loaded XP do you have sufficient RAM? My old 390E(Celeron
366) only had 32MB.The i series may have had 64MB.

It has 64MB, but as stated the problem existed in ME too, so I can't
imagine that would be the problem.

joltman wrote:
> It has 64MB, but as stated the problem existed in ME too, so I can't
> imagine that would be the problem.
>
This spec applies to Home and Pro
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...g/sysreqs.mspx

Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233
MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel
Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible
processor recommended
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum
supported; may limit performance and some features)

Since it states that 64MB RAM may limit performance and some features I
would not consider trying to find the problem while XP is installed as I
do not no what limitations would be applied.

Bob

Well, one thing I forgot to mention was that the Airport was using WEP,
and when I turned that off, it connected with no problem. Anyone have
any ideas why the Linksys WPC11 would have problems using WEP with an
Apple Airport?

joltman wrote:
> Well, one thing I forgot to mention was that the Airport was using WEP,
> and when I turned that off, it connected with no problem. Anyone have
> any ideas why the Linksys WPC11 would have problems using WEP with an
> Apple Airport?
>
There is often device interaction problems if an ASCII phrase was used
to generate the WEP Key.It is advisable when using different manf'rs to
only use HEX 0-9 and A-F.

Bob

I think the Airport only let's you set up WEP with an ASCII phrase
though, I'll try to look into it more when I get home tonight.

joltman wrote:
> Well, one thing I forgot to mention was that the Airport was using WEP,
> and when I turned that off, it connected with no problem. Anyone have
> any ideas why the Linksys WPC11 would have problems using WEP with an
> Apple Airport?
>
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058

Bob