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. > > > > -- > 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 -- 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
