On 05/02/10 10:49 AM, "A. Tuazon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Clark Martin >> >> Or since you have a "PPC G5" you could put an airport card in it. That is, >> if it doesn't already have one. Somewhere around the time frame of G5s the >> Airport card became standard. System Profiler will tell you if you have one. >> It's probably an original Airport Express but it's best to verify it. They >> should be available from various sources including e-Bay. >> >> If you want to go this route I would strongly recommend the Airport card. >> The USB adapters have, in my experience, terrible software. It works but >> it's cumbersome, confusing and not very fun to work with. Apple's Airport >> software is far, far better to work with. > > Unfortunately my G5 didn't come with an airport card =(. I'll stick with the > PCI cards probably. I would rather have my G5 wired than wireless. One of > the computers on the network is a PC so I'll probably make that the wireless. > Well I bought an AirLink 101 Wireless-n PCI adapter for the PC, BUT discovered that it uses the same chipset as on the Arkview Wireless-n PCI card. I had an Arkview card installed on my G4 (Gigabit PPC) once, but I took it out and gave it to my dad. I did however keep the install discs. So I decided to try to install the Airlink on the B&W just to see what would happen. Just as I thought the Airlink can use the same drivers and utility that will make it work on a PPC!. I believe I paid ~$50 CDN for the Arkview, whereas the ³PC only² Airlink cost only $30 CDN. Once the driver and utility app was installed the card quickly picked up the Airport Extreme base and connected to it. Printer/Fax pane found the printers, installed them and now I¹m good to go. BTW the chip on either card was NOT Broadcom, but RA(?). -- 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
