Using Airport 1.2

Under Mac OS 8.6

with

G3 Series, 2400c, 3400c, and Kanga

Powerbooks

Apple claims that Airport 1.2 requires Mac OS 9, and an Airport equipped powerbook or a Powerbook G3 Series (Wallstreet). Airport won't install under Mac OS 8.6, however, I have been using it on three powerbooks (a Wallstreet and two 3400c's) for about a month with no noticeable issues except those which occur under Mac OS 9 as well. A friend has reported success with his powerbook 2400c. I have had no success, however, with a powerbook 5300cs and this software.

The hardware I am using includes the Lucent Wavelan Bronze and Silver cards.

This document describes how to install Airport 1.2 into Mac OS 8.6.

• If you do not already have TomeViewer, download it and install it.
• Download Airport 1.2 and mount the self mounting image on the desktop.
• Open the Airport Tome in TomeViewer. You will find it in the AirPort disk, under Software Installers, under AirPort. and extract the following to a folder titled Airport which you will put in the Apple Extras folder of your hard drive:
  • AirPort
  • AirPort Admin Utility
• Extract the following to the extensions folder:
  • AirPort AP
  • Airport AP Support
  • AirPort Driver
  • AirPort PC Card
  • Control Strip Extension
• Do Not Extract
  • Open Transport
  • Open Transport ASLM Modules
• Extract the AirPort Control Strip module to the Control Strip Modules Folder in the System Folder.
• The AirPort Prefs and TCP/IP Preferences go in the Preferences folder of the System Folder.
• Create a folder in the Help folder of the System Folder called Airport Help. It should have the following folders and files in it.

• All the .gif files in the time should be installed inside the gfx folder.
• All the files starting with the letters "in" in the tome should be installed inside the In folder inside the AirPort Help folder.
• The shrd folder should look like this:

• All the rest of the files should be installed in the pgs folder. They all begin with "wr."

Notes:

On the 2400c, it has been found that the Farallon ethernet PC card and the Lucent Wavelan card do not work simultaneously. You must reboot to switch between the two. Similarly, I found that the 5300c had the same problem using Lucent's drivers and Global Village's Platinum Pro ethernet card. I have discovered that the Focus MV16-EN does work on the powerbook 5300c with the Lucent Wavelan card using Lucent's drivers and Mac OS 7.6. This ethernet/video adapter was available for less than $30 at DMS last I checked.

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