Older wireless Macs and D-Link wireless N routers

Dec 19, '08 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I bought a new D-Link DIR-625 router and got it to work with all my computers except one -- an older PowerBook Pismo with an AirPort wireless card. I kept getting the error that it couldn't connect to the airport network. The machine would connect to my old router, and to my neighbor's router, just not my new D-Link router. For days, I tried everything I could find to fix it. I called support multiple times, and tried everything that they suggested. Their suggestions were of no help, however.

I finally stumbled on to the fix myself. I had to change the wireless mode from "B,G and N" to just "B and G," and then it worked fine. The problem is that my new MacBook has N wireless and now can't use my new N router at full speed. I guess that is why it is still called "draft" N router!

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