---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Q: Airport compatible PCMCIA-WLAN card with WPA2+AES support? Date: Tuesday, 25. December 2012 From: Kris Tilford <[email protected]> To: [email protected] > On Dec 25, 2012, at 2:05 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote: > > I need the WiFi card for my Cube too, and the Cube only has two > > USB1.1 ports. This is not a good way to expand the Cube with WiFi. > > There are cheap PCI cards with Broadcom chipsets. For example, the > NetGear WN311B works by manually adding the PID & VID to the correct > Broadcom kext within the IO80211Family.kext>Plugins folder. (or run > "bcm43xx_enabler.sh" script from Terminal to add ALL known Broadcom > IDs). There are a whole mess of NetGear PCI card 802.11n devices that > meet your criteria for the Cube.
The Cube doesn’t have PCI slots. Just one AGP slot, which is occupied by the graphics card. USB1.1 doesn’t seem suitable, and I haven’t heard of a FW400 WiFi solution yet. Really, the PCMCIA slot seems to be the only way to add WiFi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card As I understand it, PCMCIA i.e. PC Card i.e. Cardbus is in a way like ISA and (in its 32-Bit form) like PCI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card#CardBus Anyway, thanks. The PCI solution seems to be a good way to go for all the other Power Macs. Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- 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
