Wireless Internet in B&W

[halfprep455]

Will any wireless card for Mac OS work in a B&W?

[synth3tik]

you can not use an airport, but you can use any USB transmiter as long as there are drivers for Mac, it will be a bit slower as it is USB 1.1 and not 2.0. and your supposed to be able to use some PCI wireless cards but I have not had any luck with them.

[Ninja Dom]

Yep, best to use a Wireless USB Adaptor.

I use this one in my PowerMac G4. Works fine apart from having to reconnect it after rebooting or turning on. But once connected - no problems.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45079&source=2001&doy=19m2

[Blogger]

Another option would be an Airport Express hooked up to the G3 with an ethernet cable. That way you have "g" speeds and guaranteed compatibility (no OS 9 drivers to worry about if you use OS 9). It's actually slightly cheaper than a "b" type wireless PCI card, and a lot faster than a USB adaptor over USB 1.1 . The other option is to use the USB adaptor with a USB 2.0 PCI card, but again you might have problems finding drivers if you use OS 9.

[Blogger]

Just another thought. IOExperts has drivers (OSX and OS 9) for a lot of generic PCI wireless "b" cards. There is a list of compatible cards on their website.

http://www.ioexperts.com/prod.html

[halfprep455]

I just bought a USB wireless card on ebay. Ill probably but PCI USB 2.0 card sience I need the ports anyway. How much slower will it be with USB 1.1?

[synth3tik]

From my experience surfing the net won't really be all that slow, downloading files and updates and the what not will be slower, but still much faster then dial up. I don't think you will have any problem using a wireless USB transmiter on a USB 2.0 PCI.

[chv400]

Something like this?

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/aria_pci.html

[Chef Medeski]

http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html

That site has a little peice of software for $15 that enables wireless-g (Airport Extreme equivalent) on many PCI cards, which it lists on the site. Probably your best bet!