On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Wing D Lizard wrote: > I would like to connect my beige g3 up to a wireless network. > Ideally it would be nice to have it work linux and macos ( > 9.2 and/or 10.1). > > I have a usb card in this system and it works ( I can see > a usb harddrive), so a usb based wireless adapter would > be ideal. > > unfortunately, all of the wireless adapters I've found say > 'need pc pruning windows'. I found one that required mac > os 10.2, but I do not have it yet ( it's going to be a kids > pc -- i picked it up cheap, and don't want to sink too > much into such an old computer). > > Q: What are my wireless options? support for linux/macos 9.2 > and 10.1?
I have no idea about USB-based wireless adapters. If you have an empty PCI slot in your beige G3, here's two possibilities for your system based on the information you provided: 802.11b PCI card, MacOS 8.1 to 9.2.2, works on most beige G3s. *check the Compatible Macs section of the page for a couple of exceptions and how to see if your Mac is one of the expections: http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g_11b_cards/11bPCI.html 802.11g PCI card, 10.2.6 through 10.3, supports beige G3s. http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g_11b_cards/11gPCI.html I've purchased products from macwireless and they tend to arrive promptly, and work exactly as advertised, so I like them. > ps: didn't wireless start with the mac? and now I can't find > wireless adapters for it? Yeah, but Apple launched Airport after the Mac you have came out. Providing hardware to retrofit older Macs is a third-party market potential. To extend the analogy with a fictional example, Cadillac may have pioneered air conditioning in American cars, but they won't sell me a retrofit A/C unit for a 1949 Caddy. best, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
