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[gajahduduk]

After many hours trying to get an old iBook running 10.3.9 to connect to a D-Link DIR-655 router in mixed n,g,b mode, and failing, I finally solved it by changing the mode to g,b only.

I had updated the Airport software to 4.2, checked the firmware version of the airport card in system profiler, deleted all old wifi network keys, trashed the airport.plist prefs, etc, etc. I also tried both Auto WPA/WPA2 with TKIP and AES authentication and plain old WPA with just TKIP. Same results. Nothing worked except changing the speed mode.

So I've sacrificed the faster n mode on my network for the sake of this old iBook.

My question is who is to blame here? Is it an Apple software problem or a dlink firmware problem?

(The mixed n,g,b mode should automatically adjust, right?)

note: this also posted in Apple Discussions:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11553430

[Mackerel]

The iBook is a Wireless-G, right? In the ngb-mode, does the iBook even see the network/SSID? How about connecting without any security set up, just to test: does that not work either?

[gajahduduk]

It's B only -- i't an old iBook.  Yes it sees the network/SSID (even in b,g,n mode).  There's no need to test it without security, because it works with WPA when the router is set to mixed b & g (not b,g,n).