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G4 Wireless Card
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I bought the Sonnet Aria Extreme PCI wireless card. It is a bit expensive, but works perfectly at 802.11g speeds. It functions in my AGP G4 as if it were an Airport Extreme card. No problems.
Cards made by Buffalo reportedly use the Broadcom chipset which behaves like an Apple Airport card. They are much cheaper too.
I initially bought a Belkin card, Belkin said they were Mac OS compatable, but returned it after hours of frustration trying to get it to work. My time is worth more than additional hours meddling with pci cards, so I bought the Sonnet and it has worked great.
I initially bought a Belkin card, Belkin said they were Mac OS compatable, but returned it after hours of frustration trying to get it to work. My time is worth more than additional hours meddling with pci cards, so I bought the Sonnet and it has worked great.
Checked the Buffalos much more in the price range I was hoping for but read they only work with Windows... Am I missing something? Thanks!
What are you other people using with your G4s?
What are you other people using with your G4s?
Wireless PCI cards that contain the Broadcom chipset will function just like an Airport card. The Buffalo and Sonnet cards use the Broadcom chipset, other manufactures don't or use several different chipsets one of which may be a Broadcom. It can be a bit of a crapshoot for many wireless pci cards.
Take a look at this link and open up the image of the card. Note the Broadcom chipset with the sine wave type logo on the center.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162115
Good luck. Also, you can search the forums for more threads on wireless solutions. It is a very common topic for older machines.
Take a look at this link and open up the image of the card. Note the Broadcom chipset with the sine wave type logo on the center.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162115
Good luck. Also, you can search the forums for more threads on wireless solutions. It is a very common topic for older machines.
Oh ok, thanks for the reply and more importantly explanation! Looks good, will check my local retailers and see if any of them have one. Thanks!
Just went to CompUSA and saw this Hawking wireless card [HWPG1] Wireless 802.11g PCI Card and was wondering if Macs could use it?
davisjw said:
I googled that card and it appears to have the Ralink chipset. The Belkin card I tried had the Ralink chipset and I could not get it to work in my Mac using both of the available drivers.
EDIT: http://www.provantage.com/hawking-technology-hwpg1~7HAUW032.htm
If you look at the image you can see the Ralink logo on the chipset.
I just ordered a Buffalo card from NewEgg:
WL PCI ADPT BUFFALO|WLI2-PCI-G54S - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$35.99)
I'll post with results once I get everything set up. Have a new iMac and Airport Extreme coming shortly....
How about searching eBay for AirPort PCI? Sellers tend to use those terms for G4 Mac-compatible wireless cards.
I have both an Airport extreme (B/G) and an Airport cards sitting around the house. Send me a pm if you are interested.
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I've never posted on here, I don't know how to PM....but I'm looking for a wireless card for my laptop...it is a powerbook g4 titanium...
I've never posted on here, I don't know how to PM....but I'm looking for a wireless card for my laptop...it is a powerbook g4 titanium...
Thank you! That explains why I wasted hours on the B-Link BL-LW01, which is also the Ralink chipset. As you say they drivers offered on the Mediatek site do not work. One nota all, the other causes Kernel Panics on the Power Mac G4 I want to take wireless.