On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 11:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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]
I hope this is of help, as I am not personally using this device. The d-link usb wireless adapters have native support in the mac os as reported by d-link. However, for linux you will need to look for one of the original drivers from amtel. This link may help you nail it down. http://www.wireless.org.au/~jhecker/atmeldrv/ I use mostly Cisco and Orinoco wireless gear from machine architecture to architecture. The Orinoco cards seem to be the best supported in both OS'es. However it has been a long while since I have had to support the Mac OS. Now, this may be the answer though: http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4999&Item=LNKWET11 A few fellows I know have been using these with good success. It requires no drivers, simply a functioning ethernet input. Hope this was helpful. Paul -- 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
