Re: 802.11 on a B&W G3

[Stephen Jonke]

If you mean you are running OS X 10.3.x, then any "broadcom" based PCI 
802.11g card will work. I have a rev 2 Linksys. It works fine, but 
build quality of the card is poor - my antenna will fall off if it gets 
jostled. Also the newer revision Linksys card does *not* work because 
it is no longer broadcom based. I've heard good things about Belkin's 
802.11g PCI card (that it has better range than the Linksys) and it 
works.

Also, and this is a big also, for some weird reason the Linksys card 
does not work well if the base station is set to channel 1. 
Specifically it will be very unreliable making a connection to the base 
station after waking from sleep and even when it does the performance 
is insanely slow (slower than a 14.4k modem.) There may be other 
channels it doesn't work at well either - I didn't extensively test. I 
set the base station to the exact opposite end (I think it's 11, but 
don't quote me) and then, like magic, it worked beautifully with 
excellent performance. Weird. So... if you tried the Linksys before but 
your base station is set to channel 1, try changing it to 11! <insert 
the obvious Spinal Tap joke here>

Steve
On Nov 19, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Jason Bongard wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get 802.11(b or g) on my 
B&W G3 (without airport support built in)?  I have tried a number of 
PCI solutions bought from MacMall but they do not work.

Thanks,
Jason
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