On 04/09/2015 09:51 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Apr 9, 2015, at 1:37 PM, David Sutherland turn...@gmail.com wrote:
It might be easier just to buy a PCI USB 2.0 card if you can get them still. The one's I
had success with in the G4 Quicksilver's had NEC chipsets. That is important
as the OS
I've only just caught up with this threadI never realized that you
could use off-the-shelf USB2 PCI cards with PPC Macs.
A PCI solution which is often overlooked is this:
1) a PCI to Mini-PCI adapter which has one or more SMC connectors (for
antennae), only one is actually needed, and two
Cheap solution is buy a USB 2.0 PCI card and use the USB WIFI adapter you’ve
been trying to use.
Alternative is buying a PCI WIFI adapter, but finding ones that are supported
for PPC Macs under 10.4.11 may be difficult?
I’m guessing there are some 802.11n WIFI adapters that work for PPC under
I'm almost positive that my old d-link 802.11g pci card was supported on my
DA g4. I'll check the model number later but finding one on ebay for peanuts
should be easy.
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On Apr 9, 2015, at 14:43, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote:
Cheap solution is buy a USB
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
I've recently realized that the wifi adapter that I have been trying (on
and off, over the years) to use with my Digital Audio is incompatible
because it requires USB 2.0 ports. I've looked into the original airport
card as a solution, but I read that this was slow, though recognized
natively.
