I haven't been able to figure this one out:
I have a Titanium PB G4, 867mhz, 512MB RAM. Currently running 10.4.0. I know that this problem never existed prior to the transtion from Panther to Tiger, but I am not sure that it has ALWAYS happened since the upgrade to Tiger...
I use a third-party wireless card, inserted into the PC card slot of the PB (it's a Belkin 54g that uses the Broadcom chipset, and which Max OS X's Airport software simply recognizes as "Airport Card"). Lately, whenever I turn the Airport off (using either the signal strength menu "widget" at the top of the menu bar, or using the Internet Connect application), then remove the card, then put the PB to sleep, it will no longer recognize the card upon awakening.
What happens is that the card itself shows up in the menu bar, but when I go to the Airport menu "widget", the only option says "No Airport Hardware detected". The only way I have been able to resolve this is to restart - a Log Out will not fix the issue, nor will switching to a newly-created empty user account.
If, after a restart, I insert the card, it is recognized. I can then turn it on, and the Airport software connects to any open wireless network just fine. If I then put the PB to sleep WITHOUT turning off or removing the card, it will still be recognized and able to connect when I later awaken it - but this is impractical when I am moving from place to place.
I have tried trashing any "airport" plists in the Preferences (I only found any in Home:Library), but with no change. I also have been unable to find any helpful information on either Apple's support site, or on the internet at large. There is a similar issue discussed where the software will no longer reconnect automatically to a given network, but I haven't found any mention of the software simply not recognizing the hardware, as I am experiencing. Like I said, this never happened under either Jaguar or Panther.
Any help or insight would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I have a Titanium PB G4, 867mhz, 512MB RAM. Currently running 10.4.0. I know that this problem never existed prior to the transtion from Panther to Tiger, but I am not sure that it has ALWAYS happened since the upgrade to Tiger...
I use a third-party wireless card, inserted into the PC card slot of the PB (it's a Belkin 54g that uses the Broadcom chipset, and which Max OS X's Airport software simply recognizes as "Airport Card"). Lately, whenever I turn the Airport off (using either the signal strength menu "widget" at the top of the menu bar, or using the Internet Connect application), then remove the card, then put the PB to sleep, it will no longer recognize the card upon awakening.
What happens is that the card itself shows up in the menu bar, but when I go to the Airport menu "widget", the only option says "No Airport Hardware detected". The only way I have been able to resolve this is to restart - a Log Out will not fix the issue, nor will switching to a newly-created empty user account.
If, after a restart, I insert the card, it is recognized. I can then turn it on, and the Airport software connects to any open wireless network just fine. If I then put the PB to sleep WITHOUT turning off or removing the card, it will still be recognized and able to connect when I later awaken it - but this is impractical when I am moving from place to place.
I have tried trashing any "airport" plists in the Preferences (I only found any in Home:Library), but with no change. I also have been unable to find any helpful information on either Apple's support site, or on the internet at large. There is a similar issue discussed where the software will no longer reconnect automatically to a given network, but I haven't found any mention of the software simply not recognizing the hardware, as I am experiencing. Like I said, this never happened under either Jaguar or Panther.
Any help or insight would be appreciated.
Thanks.