Wireless card for Powerbook G4 ?

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jpr - 26 Aug 2005 09:51 GMT

We have a D-Link wireless router at home, which behaves correctly with
the two iBooks of the chilfren, already wireless-equipped.
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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nospam - 26 Aug 2005 10:29 GMT

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

your best bet is an apple airport or airport extreme card which will
'just work.'

you don't say which powerbook g4; the titanium powerbook g4 takes the
older airport card and the newer aluminum ones take an airport extreme
card.

the original airport card has been discontinued and is a little tough
to find and therefore it is not always cheap. the airport extreme card
is still sold by apple. you need the appropriate one for your
powerbook and they are easy to install.

the 15" and 17" powerbook g4s also have cardbus slots so you could use
a third party card. should you choose this option, a card that uses
the broadcom chipset will be seen as an apple airport card under osx
and not need drivers. determining this is not always easy, however.
the powerbook 12" lacks a cardbus slot and your only choice is an
internal airport extreme card.

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chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy - 26 Aug 2005 12:02 GMT

> > We have a D-Link wireless router at home, which behaves correctly with
> > the two iBooks of the chilfren, already wireless-equipped.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> your best bet is an apple airport or airport extreme card which will
> 'just work.'

If the OP's PB does have a card slot, third party cards 'just work' too.
I got a cheap belkin card (about 20 UKP) for my old Lombard G3 running
OS X 10.3.x, and it started working immediately. No problems whatsoever,
and on my network set up at home (in addition to the Lombard, a 12" G4
powerbook with airport and a belkin wireless router) it works perfectly.

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nospam - 26 Aug 2005 13:11 GMT

In article <1h1whbd.2clnbynfigitN%this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com>,
chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h
offy <this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > your best bet is an apple airport or airport extreme card which will
> > 'just work.'
>
> If the OP's PB does have a card slot, third party cards 'just work' too.

sometimes - it depends what chipset is in the card. some cards
(broadcom chipset + osx) will 'just work' and the rest will need
drivers.

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Wireless card for Powerbook G4 ?