On Dec 28, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Robert Long wrote: > Hello guys and gals, is it possible to put an airport card or will > it support any wi fi? I hope to use it on my airport network at home.
Not enough information. What OS version? What Airport version? I'll give it a shot without the OS & Airport versions. If you're running 10.4.11 and your Airport network is current 802.11n (or 802.11g) then your best solution is to get a PCI USB 2.0 card for your B&W and use an Airport compatible USB wifi dongle. An easy solution is the pricey Sonnet Aria Extreme 802.11g PCI card, but I'd probably still for for the USB 2.0 card and the USB dongle because it would likely be as cheap or cheaper and give you USB 2.0 also. If your network is original Airport 802.11b and you're not upgrading soon, you might be able to get along with an older 802.11b USB dongle working in the OEM USB 1.0 slot depending upon your OS version and the compatibility of the dongle. This would be slow, but it would work, and might be very cheap. There are also relatively cheap PCI 802.11n cards available that are "Airport Compatible". Many need special added extensions to work, but most work well. I use one of these in my G5, it's a Netgear WN311B using the script bcm43xx_enabler_0.5.3.sh.zip which will "enable" almost all wifi hardware using Broadcom chipsets as "Airport", and then it's recognized as normal Apple Airport. As I said, this script will enable nearly ANY Broadcom chipset device, whether it is PCI, USB, PCMCIA, or whatever. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
