Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-22 Thread JOHN MCNIVEN
It comes with install disc and own utility and icon sits in dock. Works great on my liquid cooled G5 quad powermac with leopard. John On 2011-10-16, at 5:03 PM, DLC wrote: Thank you John for the advice - USB dongles certainly look more hassle free at the moment. Does this show up as an

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-22 Thread JOHN MCNIVEN
As I have said before - I have a G5 PowerMac Quad LC and I ordered a mini USB adaptor (RNX-MiniN1) from Newegg and it is small and it works right out of the box and it was under $20.00. On 2011-10-22, at 12:34 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: I checked out this option and asked the seller

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-21 Thread DLC
Hello John, I checked out this option and asked the seller about it; very kind person, verified it's a RAlink Chipset. Have you had good success with it? Does it show up as an Airport card out of the box? Thanks, Dana On Oct 16, 5:16 pm, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-21 Thread peterhaas
I checked out this option and asked the seller about it; very kind person, verified it's a RAlink Chipset. Have you had good success with it? Does it show up as an Airport card out of the box? The ONLY cards which show up as AirPort out of the box are those which Apple specifically supports

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread DLC
Hi Kris, Thank you for the information provided from this response. Looks like I still have some homework to do. Would you know of a card that you recommend out of the box-working? Do you know if all of these mini PCI-Es are the same form factor? Thanks again, Dana On Oct 15, 3:36 pm, Kris

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread DLC
Hi Peter, Thank you for the advice, both from you and Kris. I believe i still have some homework to do. Do you have a specific brand, unit that you recommend? Are all PCI-E mini cards that same size/form factor? Thanks again, Dana On Oct 15, 1:27 pm, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: I need some

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread DLC
Thanks to all offering advice. Okay, I am looking at this model here, just for comparison and continued learning: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GDTIK4/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8me=seller= 1) is this compatible w/ Leopard? 2) presuming the answer to #1 is yes, where does it plug into?

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Oct 16, 2011, at 2:13 PM, DLC wrote: Thanks to all offering advice. Okay, I am looking at this model here, just for comparison and continued learning: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GDTIK4/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8me=seller= 1) is this compatible w/ Leopard? 2) presuming

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
Thank you for the advice, both from you and Kris. I believe i still have some homework to do. Do you have a specific brand, unit that you recommend? Are all PCI-E mini cards that same size/form factor? There are two mini-PCI-e form factors, and some Asian sellers sell both, while others sell

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
Okay, I am looking at this model here, just for comparison and continued learning: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GDTIK4/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8me=seller= 1) is this compatible w/ Leopard? Yes, and Snow Leopard and Lion. It is accepted by MacOS X as a third party Airport

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread DLC
Thank you, John. Does it work well? I am guessing it uses Broadcom chipset? Thank you, Dana On Oct 16, 5:16 pm, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at 2:13 PM, DLC wrote: Thanks to all offering advice. Okay, I am looking at this model here, just for comparison and

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread DLC
Thank you, Peter! Much information (not more than I wanted, just more than expected! :-) I appreciate the effort and time to type it all up; it is indeed very helpful. Out of curiosity, the intended AirPort slot in my G5/PCI-E dual core: is that really a mini-PCI-E slot? Thanks again, Dana On Oct

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread DLC
And a thank you here also. So, if I bought this card mentioned in my query (you indicate it is a standard size), would I then by something like this? http://www.amazon.com/MiniPCI-E-to-PCI-E-Wireless-Adapter/dp/B003MMY14Y/ref=pd_cp_e_1 And then I would be good to go? Thank you again, Dana On

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
Thank you, Peter! Much information (not more than I wanted, just more than expected! :-) I appreciate the effort and time to type it all up; it is indeed very helpful. Glad to be of some help. Out of curiosity, the intended AirPort slot in my G5/PCI-E dual core: is that really a

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
And a thank you here also. So, if I bought this card mentioned in my query (you indicate it is a standard size), would I then by something like this? http://www.amazon.com/MiniPCI-E-to-PCI-E-Wireless-Adapter/dp/B003MMY14Y/ref=pd_cp_e_1 And then I would be good to go? This adapter supports

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread Eric Hall
Wireless advice for late 2005 G5 On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:57 PM, DLC wrote: Thank you, John. Does it work well? I am guessing it uses Broadcom chipset? Thank you, Dana On Oct 16, 5:16 pm, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at 2:13 PM, DLC wrote: Thanks to all offering

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Oct 16, 2011, at 7:12 PM, Eric Hall wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:57 PM, DLC wrote: Thank you, John. Does it work well? I am guessing it uses Broadcom chipset? Thank you, Dana Thanks to all offering advice. Okay, I am looking at this model here, just for comparison

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread Eric Hall
Wireless advice for late 2005 G5 I have USB dongles too but AFAIK they all require 3rd party software, no problem with that but you have to log in at each boot where as the Apple AiPort software is runningt when using the PCIe card. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
You can get a USB adapter to about $15 - ant reason why you need a PCI card? For a supported card, such as a Broadcom 4313, 4318 and 4322, they're supported out of the box by MacOS X. No drivers or any other stuff to install. -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
It says all you have to do is plug it in. But I guess you have your heart set on a card when a $15 dongle will do. A $15 USB dongle WON'T DO as each manufacturer has its own set of drivers, and not every USB dongle manufacturer issues MacOS X drivers. In fact, rather few actually do. Heck,

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:05 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: It says all you have to do is plug it in. But I guess you have your heart set on a card when a $15 dongle will do. A $15 USB dongle WON'T DO as each manufacturer has its own set of drivers, and not every USB dongle manufacturer

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
I use RALink drivers on the N speed dongles and Realtek on the G speed dongles, They work pretty good but once in a while I loose connection and have to reboot to reload the driver so IMHO the AirPort approach is the best if you can get a Card cheap. Ralink is a good manufacturer, too, but

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-16 Thread peterhaas
This adapter supports both long (standard size) and short WiFi cards and three antennas. This ... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Broadcom-1521-1520-1526-802-11b-g-Wireless-Wifi-MINI-PCIe-Card-DW1390-/370545176016 ... is also a good option. These are generally called a Dell DW1390, but as can

Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-15 Thread DLC
Greetings all, I need some advice: I now have a PowerMac G5 DualCore 2.3GHz unit (late 2005), one of the last models, and that uses the PCI-E architecture. I need to make it wireless for access to our home network printing. However, I have come to find out that the special Airport Extreme/

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-15 Thread peterhaas
I need some advice: I now have a PowerMac G5 DualCore 2.3GHz unit (late 2005), one of the last models, and that uses the PCI-E architecture. I need to make it wireless for access to our home network printing. However, I have come to find out that the special Airport Extreme/ Bluetooth Combo

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-15 Thread peterhaas
You can use one of these Mini PCIe cards if you have a Mini PCIe to PCIe adapter card. This kind is nice: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=130501831715 This Mini PCIe adapter combo is probably best and cheapest alternative. You could use any PCIe only card, or USB

Re: Need Wireless advice for late 2005 G5

2011-10-15 Thread john mcniven
Try Roeswill RNX-MiniN1 at Newegg.com - works on my g5 Quad On 15-Oct-11, at 1:01 PM, DLC wrote: Greetings all, I need some advice: I now have a PowerMac G5 DualCore 2.3GHz unit (late 2005), one of the last models, and that uses the PCI-E architecture. I need to make it wireless for access