What wireless cards can you use in a Pismo?
Someone near me is selling a Pismo G3 Power Book, and the ad doesn't mention wireless, so I'd most likely need to get a card. What wireless cards will work, and are there any good ones at a moderate price? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: What wireless cards can you use in a Pismo?
On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Paul wrote: Someone near me is selling a Pismo G3 Power Book, and the ad doesn't mention wireless, so I'd most likely need to get a card. What wireless cards will work, and are there any good ones at a moderate price? If on 10.3 or 10.4, there are three USB 2.0 802.11b/g chip sets which have full manufacturer support for MacOS X: ZyDas (now part of Atheros), Ralink and Realtek. All are backward compatible to USB 1.1, which is what the Pismo is. The AirLink101 AWLL-3026 is ZyDas-based, and has been discontinued, but this same chip set is also used by Macsense, ZyXel and several others in currently available products. The AirLink101 AWLL-3028 is Realtek-based. You probably won't find MacOS X drivers even mentioned in any of the literature, but the manufacturer's web site has the drivers. For the ZyDas products the current driver is 4.5.70. A separate driver installer is available for 10.3 and 10.4, and the 10.4 driver implicitly supports 10.5. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: What wireless cards can you use in a Pismo?
On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:53 PM, PeterH wrote: On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Paul wrote: Someone near me is selling a Pismo G3 Power Book, and the ad doesn't mention wireless, so I'd most likely need to get a card. What wireless cards will work, and are there any good ones at a moderate price? If on 10.3 or 10.4, there are three USB 2.0 802.11b/g chip sets which have full manufacturer support for MacOS X: ZyDas (now part of Atheros), Ralink and Realtek. All are backward compatible to USB 1.1, which is what the Pismo is. The AirLink101 AWLL-3026 is ZyDas-based, and has been discontinued, but this same chip set is also used by Macsense, ZyXel and several others in currently available products. The AirLink101 AWLL-3028 is Realtek-based. You probably won't find MacOS X drivers even mentioned in any of the literature, but the manufacturer's web site has the drivers. For the ZyDas products the current driver is 4.5.70. A separate driver installer is available for 10.3 and 10.4, and the 10.4 driver implicitly supports 10.5. The original 802.11b Airport card, if available, would be my first choice. In fact, that's what I've got inside both of my Pismos. -- Jim Scott --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: What wireless cards can you use in a Pismo?
On Nov 27, 9:02 pm, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone near me is selling a Pismo G3 Power Book, and the ad doesn't mention wireless, so I'd most likely need to get a card. What wireless cards will work, and are there any good ones at a moderate price? The old Buffalo G54 802.11 b/g cards would work, but they're getting hard to find. This Belkin card uses the same chipset and is recognized by 10.3 and 10.4: http://www.wegenermedia.com/belkincard.htm More models and links in this Apple support forum thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2804141 Best, Allison P. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: What wireless cards can you use in a Pismo?
DO NOT GET A USB WIRELESS CARD. THEY SUCK. ok maybe not if you have usb 2.0. I got an airport extreme compatible card for my Lombard (the model back from the pismo) and it is fast and if fits in the PCMCIA slot so it's out of the way as opposed to usb. I paid $20 on ebay for it. On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:22 PM, GrammarGeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 27, 9:02 pm, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone near me is selling a Pismo G3 Power Book, and the ad doesn't mention wireless, so I'd most likely need to get a card. What wireless cards will work, and are there any good ones at a moderate price? The old Buffalo G54 802.11 b/g cards would work, but they're getting hard to find. This Belkin card uses the same chipset and is recognized by 10.3 and 10.4: http://www.wegenermedia.com/belkincard.htm More models and links in this Apple support forum thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2804141 Best, Allison P. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
