On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:53 PM, PeterH wrote:
> > > On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Paul wrote: > >> Someone near me is selling a Pismo G3 Power Book, and the ad doesn't >> mention wireless, so I'd most likely need to get a card. What >> wireless >> cards will work, and are there any good ones at a moderate price? > > If on 10.3 or 10.4, there are three USB 2.0 802.11b/g chip sets which > have full manufacturer support for MacOS X: ZyDas (now part of > Atheros), Ralink and Realtek. All are backward compatible to USB 1.1, > which is what the Pismo is. > > The AirLink101 AWLL-3026 is ZyDas-based, and has been discontinued, > but this same chip set is also used by Macsense, ZyXel and several > others in currently available products. > > The AirLink101 AWLL-3028 is Realtek-based. > > You probably won't find MacOS X drivers even mentioned in any of the > literature, but the manufacturer's web site has the drivers. For the > ZyDas products the current driver is 4.5.70. A separate driver > installer is available for 10.3 and 10.4, and the 10.4 driver > implicitly supports 10.5. > > The original 802.11b Airport card, if available, would be my first choice. In fact, that's what I've got inside both of my Pismos. -- Jim Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
