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Mac Forum / General / Networking / February 2006Best way to make an old G4 wireless?
Hello. I need to make an old Mac G4 wireless-enabled. The only way I guess I can do this is an Ethernet bridge. Is that the case and, if so, has anybody got any kit you can recommend to me as being easy to set up and fully Mac compliant? It has Tiger, so there should be no problem there. Ta Dan > I need to make an old Mac G4 wireless-enabled. The only way I guess I > can do this is an Ethernet bridge. Why? It doesn't have a PCI slot available? m.  Signaturematt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Tiger - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005571 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com > I need to make an old Mac G4 wireless-enabled. "Old Mac G4" is more than a little vague -- G4 is simply the processor. iMac? PowerBook? iBook? PowerMac? What model is it, specifically? That'll make it much easier to recommend options for you. SignatureGarner R. Miller Clifton Park, NY =USA= http://www.garnermiller.com/ Sorry for the confusion. It's a PowerMac G4. It does have a PCI slot available, but I didn't realise there were PCI options available. Thanks Dan > Sorry for the confusion. It's a PowerMac G4. It does have a PCI slot > available, but I didn't realise there were PCI options available. A-ha! Indeed there are PCI options. Here's one that should work for you: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/aria_pci.html It's a little steep at $100, but it willl get your PowerMac online wirelessly. The problem is that the Apple Airport software only talks to cards based on the Broadcom chipset, and they'll a little difficult to find. If you want to save some money and use a less-expensive card, there's a third-party wireless driver from OrangeWare that will work with many more cards: http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html The driver's free to try out, and $15 to purchase. And with that driver, you can use cards that are around half the price; there's a list of known-compatible cards on the driver page above. SignatureGarner R. Miller Clifton Park, NY =USA= http://www.garnermiller.com/ > Sorry for the confusion. It's a PowerMac G4. It does have a PCI slot > available, but I didn't realise there were PCI options available. Does it also have a slot for the Airport card? One of the older Airport cards runs about $70 on eBay, for example. In addition to those vendors mentioned, macwireless.com also makes and sells PCI cards. Cathy Signature"there's a dance or two in the old dame yet." - mehitabel C.Stevenson, M.D. cats1921@invalidsonic.net > Sorry for the confusion. It's a PowerMac G4. That stil leaves more than 10 possible models. *Which* PowerMac G4 exactly? Except for the very first Powermac G4 (the "PCI graphics") they all have an AirPort slot built-in AFAIK. So if 802.11b would be good enough for you, just get an Apple "Airport". (Not "Airport Extreme".) Else, a PCI card would indeed be an option. (Looking at prices it seems that that could actually be cheaper even.) SignatureSander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/> Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!" PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!" > Hello. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Ta > Dan PCMCIA slot -> NetGear MA521 card ? (Works fine with G3/G4 powerbooks) http://www.netgear.com/products/details/MA521.php I use the IOXperts driver ($19.95 after trial) http://www.ioxperts.com/products/80211b_X.html hth m- |
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