On Jun 20, 2012, at 12:08 AM, a1 wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-Wireless-WiFi-Card-Mac-G3-G4-G5-Airport-802-11-b-g-/220603457124?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item335cfd9e64 I've been traveling and still not gotten around to setting up the new G5 for wireless. I appreciate every response to my query here. I am wondering if anyone wants to evaluate a wireless card for me I see on c/l for $15 locally. Think it will work out of the box in a G5? Is it as fast as the others suggested here?
This card is an 802.11g card that's middle speed 54 Mbps. It will work with Ralink drivers, but won't be recognized as Apple "Airport" in OS X software.
You'd probably be better off with a faster 802.11n card at 150-300 Mbps. Any manufactured with a Broadcom chipset can be made to recognize as Apple "Airport" with OS X software. The cheap way is probably to by a "Mini PCI to PCI Adapter Converter" which are really cheap on eBay, and then use a mini-PCI laptop 802.11n card which are also really cheap on eBay if you search for "Broadcom 802.11n". There are other possibilities, but this is the cheapest way to get 802.11n into an old G5.
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