Beginning somewhere with the later updates of Tiger, OS X supports WPA2.I have an iMac G5 20" iSight with AirPort that supports WPA only and not the newer security types. Has anyone got USB WiFi adapters to work or older AirPort cards to support newer security types other then WPA?
I've pretty much decided that connecting my old Macs with a wifi to Ethernet bridge is the way to go, at least within my home network, especially in OS 9 which has no support at all for WPA/WPA2. I have a USB dongle which is rated for at least 802.11g (54 Mbps) but I can't get more than 100KB per second even in USB 2.0 ports.Have a look at a product called
TP-Link N300 Wireless Wi-Fi Nano Travel Router with Range Extender/Access Point/Client/Bridge Modes (TL-WR802N)
if you don't trust your airport extreme.
Plug it in your ethernet port, connect it to your WiFi and never think about it again
My router has a setting that says "WPA-PSK (TKIP)/WPA2-PSK (AES)", which is how it is configured. Still can't get Airport to work under Tiger (10.4.11 with all updates) though it works in Leopard. I've not really spent a lot of time trying to figure out where the problem is, since I generally just use one of the aforementioned wifi to Ethernet bridges.Beginning somewhere with the later updates of Tiger, OS X supports WPA2.
But here is the catch…the security for WPA2 needs to be TKIP and not AES. If you have a WPA2 network with AES encryption (and most modern routers default to this) then you won't be able to connect. TKIP+AES is okay if your router does that.
Which system do you have installed as your OS?I have an iMac G5 20" iSight with AirPort that supports WPA only and not the newer security types. Has anyone got USB WiFi adapters to work or older AirPort cards to support newer security types other then WPA?