As I have said before - I have a G5 PowerMac Quad LC and I ordered a  mini USB 
adaptor (RNX-MiniN1) from Newegg and it is small and it works right out of the 
box and it was under $20.00.



On 2011-10-22, at 12:34 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> 
>> I checked out this option and asked the seller about it; very kind
>> person, verified it's a RAlink Chipset. Have you had good success with
>> it?
>> Does it show up as an Airport card "out of the box"?
> 
> The ONLY cards which show up as "AirPort out of the box" are those which
> Apple specifically supports with its own drivers.
> 
> Namely: MOST Broadcom cards and a few Atheros cards (open the driver
> package an view the plist to see which cards are supported beyond those
> mentioned below).
> 
> Which is why a $5 to $15 Broadcom mini-PCI-e card in a $10 PCI-e 1x
> adapter makes the most sense.
> 
> The most economical card out there is a "Dell DW 1390", which one can get
> for $4 these days. These are actually Broadcom 4311/94311 cards and are
> 802.11b/g compatible, meaning Airport AND Airport Extreme.
> 
> For $10 more, you can get a Broadcom 4322/94322 which is 802.11a/b/g/n
> compatible and is also AirDrop compatible. With one of these cards you can
> connect to any wireless access point which has been made in the last two
> dozen years.
> 
> Frankly, I think other solutions don't make any sense, unless it is a USB
> dongle with an up-to-date driver, and even then you are opening yourself
> up to support issues with new versions of MacOS X.
> 
> 
> 
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