Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-30 Thread Maretta Holden
At 8:11 PM -0700 12/28/2009, Kasey Smith wrote: On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Honestly, it's cheaper just to buy a 100ft ethernet cable than to get an AirPort card. It'll be multiple times faster too. But yes, it is possible to install the original AirPort B card in a

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-30 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 30, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Maretta Holden wrote: At 8:11 PM -0700 12/28/2009, Kasey Smith wrote: On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Honestly, it's cheaper just to buy a 100ft ethernet cable than to get an AirPort card. It'll be multiple times faster too. But yes, it is

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-30 Thread Kasey Smith
Just for reference, the PowerMac G4 with AGP graphics is the first PowerMac to have an Airport card slot. -- 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

Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Long
Well I messed up on my other email. Question, is it possible to install an airport card in a G3 or is it possible to us it in wifi?? Robert Long _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Po-en Tsai
On 28/12/2009, at 10:56 PM, Robert Long wrote: Well I messed up on my other email. Still seems kinda screwed. Question, is it possible to install an airport card in a G3 More specific? Machine name? or is it possible to us it in wifi?? Airport card gives you Wi-Fi? Thanks, Po-en Tsai --

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Kasey Smith
I recommend grabbing a PCI card from headgapstore.com. You could also grab a USB dongle there, it it wont be as fast. The G3 BW itself does not have an airport slot. On Dec 28, 2009, at 2:56 AM, Robert Long wrote: Well I messed up on my other email. Question, is it possible to install an

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Kasey Smith
On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Honestly, it's cheaper just to buy a 100ft ethernet cable than to get an AirPort card. It'll be multiple times faster too. But yes, it is possible to install the original AirPort B card in a BW. Could you please explain how you would go

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Chance Reecher
Darn. You're right. For some reason when I was writing that I thought I'd seen the connector in one, but I guess I got the BW confused with the G4 PowerMac. I just opened my BW, and sure enough, no connector. Your best bet would be to get a PCI card with a chipset that OS X recognizes as an

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 28, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Your best bet would be to get a PCI card with a chipset that OS X recognizes as an AirPort card. I still think ethernet is the way to go though. I think a USB 2.0 PCI card and a USB Airport dongle is better because you get both USB 2.0

RE: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Long
Thanks Kasey and Chance and all the others. You don't know how much your expertise helps me. I am still a novice at macs but I love them. My forte is cooking. Chef Robert Long From: kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Airport card in a G3 BW Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:11:46 -0700 To: g3-5