> Cheap solution is buy a USB 2.0 PCI card and use the USB WIFI adapter
> you’ve been trying to use.

Most so-called USB 2.0 WiFi dongles will indeed work on USB 1.1.

Check the support list, though, as not all of these will support PPC Macs
(but some will).


> Alternative is buying a PCI WIFI adapter, but finding ones that are
> supported for PPC Macs under 10.4.11 may be difficult?

Check the IO80211.kext contents for the list of supported devices under
10.4.11.

Now, 10.4.8 was the first Intel supported version, and I do believe that
WiFi was supported thereupon, PROVIDED the plug-in's plist had the proper
device coded added to it.

I am using legacy PCI WiFi adapters from Chinese sources with a Dell
Mini-PCI (NOT Mini-PCI-e, but those are available, too).

These are supported ... at least on Intel platforms ... as gen-u-wine
Airport cards, once the Broadcom plist has been updated.


As an aside for those with failed Ethernet ports ...

There is a Fast Ethernet (10/100) dongle which utilizes the Kawasaki Logic
9700 chip, and the mini CD which is supplied has drivers for PPC, Intel_32
(i386) and Intel_64 (x86_64) included.


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