On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:52 PM, DLC wrote: > Greetings, all. > Okay, a while ago I received great advice from some colleagues here > regarding wireless cards and a G5 with a PCI-E slot compatibility. > After doing some homework, I purchased one of those mini PCI_E > adapters and then a PCI-E wireless card to fit into it. > Installed the completed unit with out a hitch. I targeted a Broadcom > BCM94312MCG PCI-E card, knowing from history, experience AND said > recent reports/advice that Broadcom is Airport-compatible and > generally the way to go. > So..... > No Airport, no nothing. System profiler recognizes the presence of the > card installed in slot 4 as "Other Network controller" and that there > are "no drivers installed" (or more accurately "Driver Installed: > No") > Am I still missing something? Is there an OS-level configuring I have > yet to do? > Thanks for any input on this, > Regards, > Dana
Dana I have one of those cards in my PPC G5 dual 2.7 and for me it was plug and play no drivers needed:-) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36728487/AIRPORT.png John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Power Mac Dual 2.7 -- 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
