Wireless card for Powerbook G4 ?

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jpr - 26 Aug 2005 09:53 GMT

We have a D-Link wireless router at home, which behaves correctly with
the two iBooks of the chilfren, with wireless built-in.
Alas, my Powerbook G4 has no wireless capability. Can I find a cheap (<
$60) card to be able to connect in any room ?
Thanks a lot,

-jp

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Sander Tekelenburg - 26 Aug 2005 17:23 GMT

> We have a D-Link wireless router at home, which behaves correctly with
> the two iBooks of the chilfren, with wireless built-in.
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>
> -jp

<http://www.osxcompatible.free.fr/index.php?langue=fr> lists a PCMCIA
802.11g card from Belkin for only $50,-

But if I were you I would buy an Apple Airport Extreme card ($79,- at
the US Apple Store). That way you can keep the PCMCIA slot available for
something else. If your PowerBook is too old for "Airport Extreme" and
can only do "Airport" (802.11b), you might have to search a bit harder
to still find a card. But the better Mac dealers still have them.

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Fred McKenzie - 27 Aug 2005 16:55 GMT

> <http://www.osxcompatible.free.fr/index.php?langue=fr> lists a PCMCIA
> 802.11g card from Belkin for only $50,-

JP & Sander-

You should be aware that Belkin changed chip set in their F5D7010 card to
one that is not Airport equivalent, but kept the same model number.

The cards have a sticker on the card and on the bottom of the box, that
lists the VER. number. Cards that are Airport equivalent are VER. 1000
and 2000 series, and come in a red and silver box. Cards that are NOT
Airport equivalent are in the VER. 3000 series, and come in a white box
(in the U.S.).

I have one of the older Belkins, VER. 1313. It works in a PCMCIA slot of
my Wallstreet PB G3 as if it were an Airport Extreme card, but only
running OS X. It is not recognized at all under OS 9.

From a web site called "OSXCompatible", you would expect that the Belkin
would be compatible. If you order one, be sure to verify it is NOT one of
the new non-compatible versions.

Fred

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Ruddell - 27 Aug 2005 18:39 GMT

> You should be aware that Belkin changed chip set in their F5D7010 card to
> one that is not Airport equivalent, but kept the same model number.
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> would be compatible. If you order one, be sure to verify it is NOT one of
> the new non-compatible versions.

Thanks for the heads up on this one. Keeping the same model number is odd
but do they have any info explaining the non-airport issue? And I'd assume
these models would be the same as available in Canada...

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Wireless card for Powerbook G4 ?